Notification rule in hands of Denver judge
A judge’s decision is the next step in the legal fight over the state rule requiring parents be notified when teachers are arrested.
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SBE finally agrees on parent notice rule
The State Board of Education has voted unanimously to require schools to notify parents when a staff member is arrested.
JBC gets down to toughest decisions
The Joint Budget Committee may decide today how much it thinks K-12 and higher education need to be cut to balance the 2011-12 budget.
Another bite for teacher paychecks?
The amended version of a pension bill could mean less take-home pay for teachers. Plus roundup
Boulder Valley teachers "come home" with students via iPod
Technology is helping bring Boulder Valley teachers “home” with students where they work on lesson plans together via iPod. Now, the Take Your Teacher Home project is spreading throughout the district and to others in Colorado as well.
Ask an Expert: My teen son only cares about sports.
The single most important thing you can do is stay informed about what your son should be doing in terms of homework. Many schools in Colorado are tapped into “infinite campus,” which allows you to check your student’s assignments online at any hour of the day or night.
Week of 1/24/11: Safe schools snippets
Two Colo. school knife incidents; New school-based FBI program to keep kids safe online; Loveland teacher banned from contact with kids.
Week of 1/10/11: Teaching & learning tidbits
Special ed fair in Aurora, Race to Nowhere screenings near you, Denver School of Science and Technology touts 100 percent of grad class accepted to four-year college, decline in computer science education, schools prep for national standards, NY teacher rankings rankle, enrollment growth in Colo., DPS Educa radio show lauded.
Week of 12/13/10: Teaching & learning tidbits
The teaching and learning stocking is stuffed to bursting with news of parents successfully fighting the powers that be in schools, views on school taxes and tenure, kudos to several Colorado schools, vouchers and value-added assessments of teachers.
Ask an Expert: What makes a teacher effective?
Read one list of quality teaching traits and compare those to your own child’s classroom. Do they line up? If not, it’s probably time to ask some questions.
