Friday Churn: Educator effectiveness

What’s churning:

Education News Colorado and Colorado State of Mind, the weekly public affairs show on Rocky Mountain PBS, are teaming up this evening to present a special show on educator effectiveness and Colorado’s new law.

The regular half-hour broadcast at 7:30 p.m. will be followed by a 60-minute session that will be streamed live on the RMPBS website.

Participants include Ulcca Hansen of the Boettcher Teachers Program at the Public Education & Business Coalition; Henry Roman, president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association; Principal Michelle Mann of Freed Middle School in Pueblo; Jessica Keigan of the New Millennium Initiative, and teacher Michelle Conroy and Superintendent Joe Petrone of the Moffat school district.

You can get more information about the program on this page of the RMPBS website.

What’s on tap:

Aurora Public Schools hosts its third “Educating a Rainbow of Children” conference. It runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Vista Peak Preparatory School, 24500 E. Sixth Ave. in Aurora.