Tuesday Churn: Hick appointments
Former DPS board member Theresa Peña has another new assignment, thanks to Gov. John Hickenlooper.
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Monday Churn: Parent trigger passes
Updated – The House Education Committee today approved a second attempt at a Colorado “parent trigger” law.
Friday Churn: New face at UCD
Don Elliman, a veteran business and state government figure, has been named interim chancellor at CU-Denver.
Thursday Churn: A new name for Metro
Updated – Metropolitan State University of Denver should be the new name of Metro State College, the board of trustees voted this morning.
Wednesday Churn: Dougco for Mitt
Updated – Dougco board members are supporting Mitt Romney and Greeley board member Brett Reese has resigned
Tuesday Churn: DCTA files grievance
Updated – Denver’s teachers union today filed a grievance against the district over a plan to extend the day in some schools this fall
Monday Churn: Authorizer report card
Updated – A new study of charter school authorizing practices finds a decline in charter closures around the U.S.
Friday Churn: Enrollment up 1.3%
Updated – Statewide K-12 enrollment for 2011-12 is 854,265, an increase of 10,949, and Jeffco gets set for community budget meetings.
Thursday Churn: Siding with DPS
Colorado’s attorney general agrees with Denver Public Schools in a lawsuit filed by the teachers’ union over the district’s approval of innovation schools
Wednesday Churn: Obama on education
Obama floats education ideas in his State of the Union speech and Colorado gets a C for its teacher policies from a national group
