Study: Colorado teacher prep programs weak
A new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality zings Colorado’s teacher preparation programs for failing to ready graduates to teach reading and math.
Archive for: December, 2009
Transforming Rishel, Part 2
Part 2 of Ed News’ video series on space-sharing at Rishel Middle School takes at closer look at Denver’s first teacher-led school.
Can Colorado afford education reform?
How to pay for school innovations, put off for another day when a key reform plan passed in 2008, was back on the table Friday at a legislative hearing.
SBE gives final OK to new standards
The State Board of Education Thursday passed a major milestone with unanimous approval of new academic content standards in more than a dozen major subject areas.
Education stimulus funds only a trickle
Only $7 million out of $312 million in federal stimulus funds for education has actually been paid out to Colorado districts.
Transforming Rishel: 3 Schools in 1
Rishel Middle School in southwest Denver is one of only a handful of traditional city school buildings sharing space with new school programs this fall. It is the only one slated to close as two new schools grow around it. Ed News Colorado is following the progress of the three schools – the traditional middle [...]
‘No justifiable basis’ for Chavez test accommodations
An audit of testing practices at Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo finds three successive years of “extremely high” rates of special accommodations for test-takers – but no evidence of answer tampering or test coaching. Auditors also said there was no evidence that the extra time, typically another 30 minutes per test-taker, resulted in improved scores [...]
Cary Kennedy’s balancing act
State Treasurer Cary Kennedy walked a fine line Friday, defending the orthodox view of Amendment 23 while avoiding criticism of Gov. Bill Ritter’s take on A23.
DPS “therapy” forges progress
A daylong meeting of Denver Public Schools’ board members and a therapist appeared to forge closer ties on a board divided by a recent election and a tumultuous Monday meeting.
Higher ed strategic plan has a name
A day after a prominent legislator questioned the need for a new higher education strategic plan, members of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education got a look at what that process might look like.
