Adams 12 names supt. finalists
Six finalists for superintendent of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools have been announced by the school board after a search managed by a consultant and contacts with more than 170 potential candidates.
Archive for: September, 2009
The Daily Churn: Thursday
Updated – DPS reports a healthy enrollment jump, and SBE Chair Bob Schaffer comments on Commissioner Dwight Jones’ expected departure.
DPS releases proposed reform update
Calling it “an absolutely critical time for our schools and our city,” Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg on Tuesday unveiled a proposed update to the district’s reform map that hones in on teacher quality. The draft Denver Plan 2009 lists its top strategy as ensuring teacher effectiveness, from developing a shared definition of effective [...]
State audit faults CollegeInvest
A new state audit has found problems with CollegeInvest scholarship and loan forgiveness problems, but the agency says there are reasons for that. Updated story
Stimulus cash bails out CDE programs
More than $7 million in federal stimulus funds will be used to pay for an assortment of state education support programs that had lost their state funding to budget cuts or were never funded in the first place.
School autonomy key to portfolio model
Independence for individual schools and a sense of urgency about reform are key elements for school districts that are moving toward the “portfolio” model of school management, according to speakers at a Denver conference this week.
The Daily Churn: Wednesday
Updated - A Broomfield-based charter school fund has pledged $4 million to West Denver Prep and the Denver School of Science and Technology.
DPS teachers ok contract, other districts close
Denver teachers have ratified a contract agreement. Pueblo and Douglas County are close to agreement, but Boulder’s impasse drags on.
The Daily Churn: Tuesday
Updated – Look for legislation on college fees in the General Assembly next year, but it’s unclear what it will look like and when it might surface.
The Daily Churn: Monday
Different anonymous sources are promoting the chances of Colorado’s Dwight Jones and Dallas’ Michael Hinojosa to be the next school boss in Las Vegas. We’ll know Wednesday.
