School management
Superintendent Alex Marrero had expressed concerns about what he said was an attempt by the board to create a “parallel legal advisory system.”
The Denver school board will vote on the final version of the policy June 8.
“My mental health, first of all, is 10 times better,” said a high school junior who joined her district’s online program this year.
Colorado lawyer accused a state-funded group that helps school districts offer online classes of causing “reputational harm” to multi-district online schools.
Willow Elementary will join the Luminary Learning Network this fall, keeping the number of schools in the zone at eight.
Willow Elementary has requested to join the Luminary Learning Network, a reform-era invention that gives district-run schools charter-like authority.
It’s not clear if Riverstone is still providing instruction to students.
Riverstone’s operator asked county officials for a meeting to 'discuss next steps and to avoid unnecessary conflict.'
If school officials don’t acknowledge the closure order by Monday evening, Pueblo County officials said they will seek an emergency injunction from the courts.
Innovation zones were established during Denver’s school reform era. But they lost ground in recent years amid changes on the school board.
The shift in the structure for the Beacon schools is more evidence that Denver is moving away from the policies and practices put in place during its education reform peak.
Local fire district officials are requiring that Riverstone Academy officials patrol the building every half hour for signs of fire.
Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.
“We have also been working since July to get the zoning corrected and are optimistic that will happen soon,” said the school’s executive director.
The school’s Christian affiliation was omitted or downplayed in documents submitted to the state, a BOCES, and a Pueblo area school district.
Some recommendations would require legislative changes.
The dissolution means the Luminary Learning Network will be the only innovation zone in Denver Public Schools.
The Colorado State Board of Education praised the school’s efforts, even though its rating and test scores remained low.
This is at least the third time in the 15 years since Colorado lawmakers created innovation schools that a report has found middling marks.
The Daniels Fund calls the effort the Education Big Bet.