Denver lands $4 million for ‘charter compact’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced DPS will get $4 million to help charters and traditional schools share best practices.
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Report: Denver schools lack PE, recess, breakfast
A group tracking health trends among students of color wants DPS to expand recess before lunch and to boost gym classes, among other ideas.
“Thousands” of test answers changed
A state probe has found “significant testing violations” at Denver’s Beach Court Elementary, and the principal has been fired.
Shock, anger and tears
The scene outside Beach Court Elementary Wednesday evening was as gloomy and angry as the clouds gathering overhead.
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.
Ask an Expert: School choice and changing addresses in DPS
A parent wonders whether her child can remain in her neighborhood school for the year even though the family is moving into a neighborhood outside the school’s boundary. Find out how to handle this situation from a DPS choice expert.
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
DPS board briefed on latest innovation plan
Denver Public Schools are the biggest users of the innovation schools law and more applications are on the way.
DPS SchoolChoice plan set to go
The Denver Public Schools’ new streamlined “one form, one timeline, all schools” enrollment system now has the participation of every district charter.
DPS unveils streamlined enrollment
Denver Public Schools will launch its streamlined school enrollment program next month, reducing its choice processes from 62 to one.
