NEA kicks off national tour in Denver
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel highlights Denver’s teacher-led school and a district-union partnership to overhaul teacher evaluation. Video
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Fewer DPS teachers placed in poorest schools
Changes in Denver Public Schools’ teacher-placement policy mean fewer are assigned to the city’s highest-poverty and lowest-performing schools
Districts and unions settling earlier, for less
School districts and teachers unions across Colorado are settling contracts earlier this year as record budget cuts leave little to negotiate
Educator effectiveness bill becomes law
Before Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law an overhaul of Colorado’s teacher evaluation system, he reached out to educators who fought to kill it.Video.
Final Senate vote endorses SB 10-191
The Senate voted 27-8 Wednesday afternoon to re-pass Senate Bill 10-191, the educator effectiveness bill, after accepting House amendments.
Teacher bill gets out of House Ed
The educator evaluation and tenure bill was approved by the House Education Committee on a 7-6 vote early Friday morning.
Senate passes teacher bill 21-14
The Senate voted 21-14 Friday morning to pass Senate Bill 10-191, the educator evaluation and tenure bill. Seven Democrats and 14 Republicans supported the bill; 14 Democrats voted no.
Teacher bill passes Senate Ed 7-1
Senate Bill 10-191, the controversial educator evaluation and tenure bill, was passed 7-1 Friday afternoon by the Senate Education Committee.
Teacher bill – next comes the vote
Four reform-minded superintendents and former Denver Mayor Federico Peña headlined the witnesses supporting Senate Bill 10-191 in testimony before the Senate Education Committee Thursday afternoon.
Hearing teases out teacher bill fears
Just what does the Colorado Education Association want in a teacher evaluation system? Members of the Senate Education Committee kept raising that question in different forms Wednesday.
