Grant spurs big changes in tiny Center
Part 3 of a series examining the effort to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools, with snapshots of three Colorado campuses.
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SIG dollars flow as school budgets cut
Part 3 of a series analyzing the nation’s effort to improve its lowest-performing schools looks at SIG dollars in light of education funding cuts
Charting a new course in Sheridan
Part 2 of a series examining the effort to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools, with snapshots of three Colorado campuses.
Teacher evaluation requirement has wide impact
Part 2 of a series analyzing the nation’s effort to improve its lowest-performing schools focuses on the mandate to overhaul teacher evaluations
Growing pains at Denver’s Lake campus
Part 1 of a series examining the effort to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools, with snapshots of three Colorado campuses
Verdict still out on school turnarounds
Two years into the nation’s nearly $5 billion effort to turn around its worst-performing schools, there’s still no verdict on its effectiveness
This week's teaching & learning tidbits
Time running out on Denver’s SchoolChoice – Calculating cost of high school dropouts – Winners, losers in DPS private giving – Lafayette’s Sanchez Elementary looks to become a turnaround story – Bill would make CPR a grad requirement in Colo. – Education apps at your fingertips – Students, teachers and social networking.
Bullying expert to headline Denver parenting institute
Learn more about the Parent Leadership Institute happening Saturday in Denver. It’s free and open to all parents of Denver Public Schools students. Keynote speaker is well-known bullying expert and author Barbara Coloroso.
Week of 1/24/11: Teaching & learning tidbits
Special ed resource fair Saturday; Big changes for Falcon district; Good news in science ed; Obama calls out Denver school; Fort Collins school saved by a vote; Fate of cursive in schools; Aurora hunts truants; State’s smallest district ponders future.
Find your school’s new state rating
State officials this week unveiled the ratings for 2,080 schools or programs under the Education Accountability Act of 2009. Only those ratings agreed upon by state and district officials have been released. Another 99 campuses are still being reviewed. Check out this neat-o search function at Education News Colorado created by EdNews staff writer Nancy Mitchell.
