LEAP a big step for teachers in DPS
Backers are banking on LEAP, Denver’s pilot teacher evaluation program, to represent a substantive shift in the way teachers are reviewed and professionally supported.
Posts tagged as: Denver Public Schools
DPS schools pilot early warning system
East High is among six Denver schools assigning interventions to new students based on past academic, attendance and behavior issues
DPS’ SchoolChoice worked – for most
Nearly 70 percent of Denver families who used a new enrollment system got into their top schools, but a small number was shut out
Wednesday churn: Manual HS goes long
Manual High School is getting a longer school year, and Colorado Mesa President Tim Foster goes to Washington.
Denver Compact focuses on early ed
The focus of the Denver Education Compact is “cradle to career,” but talk at the group’s first working session focused on the early years.
Thursday Churn: Testing preview
The State Board of Education today gets a closer look at what may ultimately replace the CSAP tests.
DPS mulling tax proposal in 2012
Voters may be asked to approve increased Denver Public Schools taxes in the November 2012 election.
No “blatant cheating” in credit recovery
A review of the credit recovery program at Denver’s North High School faults past operations but concludes personnel changes are fixing the problem.
Obama Denver school visit on tap
Updated – President Obama will make a metro-area visit next Tuesday and will tour a Denver school, the White House has confirmed
DPS’ West High next up for makeover
Big changes at Denver’s venerable West High School are among several new school proposals facing the Denver school board Thursday
