Urban districts studying teacher applicants
Education Week looks at how Denver and other urban districts are shifting toward more “strategic hiring” of teachers
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When scores seem too good to believe
A USA Today analysis of test scores finds that, to help students and schools make the grade, some educators might be crossing the line
CSU slashes tuition for low-income students
The Commitment to Colorado program eliminates tuition for lowest-income state residents and reduces it for moderate-income families.
A new financial model for charters?
John Danner, founder of the “hybrid” Rocketship Education charter schools, explains his unique model during a talk in Denver. Video
Colorado wins $17.4 million data tracking grant
Colorado has been awarded a $17.4 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create a new statewide system to track student and educator data
New campus rape prevention strategies
Editor’s note: This story was reported and written by the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network. Read about the reporting team here. If your image of a rapist is a hooded stranger in a dark alley, think again. The face of most rapists is one their victims recognize. In almost all sexual assaults – 90 percent, [...]
Privacy laws prevent sex assault investigations
Colleges across Colorado are withholding information about sexual assaults but the reasons are more nuanced than first glance might suggest.
School finance panel’s focus questioned
A veteran lawmaker Tuesday questioned – politely – members of the School Finance Interim Committee about why they hadn’t taken on the big issues of school finance during a summer of meetings.
Budget impact: Some L.A. classes up to 50
Some L.A. Unified classes are crammed with about 50 students, leaving some pupils to sit on desks or the floor and their teachers to grade hundreds of papers while still focusing on improvement. Read L.A. Times story.
R2T tip: Focus on leadership, struggling schools
States that present the strongest proposals on improving teachers and leaders and on struggling schools will have the best chance to win federal Race to the Top grants, Tim Daly of the New Teacher Project told Colorado educators Friday. The federal stimulus law, of which R2T is a part, sets four areas of emphasis for [...]
