Tasty news: DPS back to scratch cooking
Denver Public Schools is launching a massive effort to revert to old-fashioned scratch cooking in its school kitchens.
Archive for: July, 2010
District cuts top $288 million
Colorado school districts chopped more than $288 million out of their budgets as they prepared for the 2010-11 school year, according to data compiled by the Colorado School Finance Project.
Summer activities help bridge learning gap
An Adams County coalition helps youngsters fight summer learning loss, which accounts for two-thirds of the ninth-grade achievement gap
Investment funds stir controversy over recruiting by for-profit colleges
ProPublica, an independent non-profit news organization, investigates allegations that investment funds are behind some of the questions about recruitment by for-profit colleges.
School gardens provide access to fresh produce
More than 35 gardens around Denver are teaching students and providing, in some communities, the only source of fresh fruits and vegetables
Fewer DPS teachers placed in poorest schools
Changes in Denver Public Schools’ teacher-placement policy mean fewer are assigned to the city’s highest-poverty and lowest-performing schools
Middle schoolers tackle epidemiology
Boulder-area students are planning a public hygiene awareness campaign and creating response plans for local businesses
House passes R2T cuts
The U.S. House has passed an amended spending bill that funds a proposed $10 billion teacher jobs program with cuts in education reform programs, including Race to the Top.
From terrorists to tornadoes, kids learn to be prepared
A coalition of emergency preparedness groups is offering Disaster READY Training for Colorado middle and high school students this summer
Busy, newsy end to DPS year
On the final day of 2009-10, DPS leaders announced key staff changes, approved three new schools and passed a $1.2 billion budget
