Enrollment in Denver Public Schools is expected this year to top 80,000, the first time since busing was mandated in 1974
This nine-minute video from the PBS News Hour examines an elementary school in the Bronx suffering from low test scores and poses the question: Do low test scores make a school bad?
Proposed school budget reductions next year may be the cuts that really damage the state’s education system, legislators were told Thursday. Video
Expanded – The state’s largest school district proposes to close two schools, cut employee pay by 3 percent and trim two school days
Wendy Kopp, who launched Teach for America in 1990, spoke in Denver this week about lessons learned over the past 20 years
Dueling rallies at the state Capitol grew heated Tuesday as people on both sides of the Wisconsin labor showdown vented their feelings
Seven candidates for Denver mayor talk support – or not – for DPS reforms, Senate Bill 191 and mayoral control of schools. Video
Sonia is one of three students who spoke at Wednesday’s press conference at the state Capitol about the impact of her undocumented status. Like the others, the Denver college student did not provide a last name but she talked freely about her status, her high school and college experiences, and her hope for the future. [...]
Michelle Rhee talks about leaving D.C., launching Students First, how teaching has changed and why parents need value-added data. Video