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  Sharing the Wealth

  June 30, 2011 by Staci Maiers

  School reform. It’s the hot topic du jour. It seemingly produces a daily silver bullet answer that changes with each person asked. But what really works to transform public schools that have persistently struggled? Research gathered by the National Education…

• Collaboration in Forsyth County Featured in Denver

  February 18, 2011 by PSC Editor

  Forsyth County Association of Educators President Tripp Jeffers was in Denver this week for the Advancing Student Achievement Through Labor-Management Collaboration conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Jeffers was part of a presenting team, along with Donny Lambeth,…

• Colorado: Transformation Tour in Denver Part 1

  December 1, 2010 by PSC Editor

  By Paula Monroe, NEA Executive Committee A very emotional four days in Denver-area schools showed opportunities and challenges ahead for priority schools. Lake Middle School The visits started at Lake Middle School, the school saved from closure last year by member and…

• Colorado: Transformation Tour in Denver Part 2 – School Board Meeting

  December 1, 2010 by PSC Editor

  By Paula Monroe, NEA Executive Committee In the end, as so many had heard and didn’t want to believe, the Denver Public Schools School Board voted 4 to 3 to “reconfigure Montbello High School and its five feeder schools”. The…

• Colorado: “We’ve got to look at things differently.”

  October 28, 2010 by PSC Editor

  Linda Barker is the director of Teaching and Learning for the Colorado Education Association. A National Board certified teacher and former Montana Teacher of the Year, her work involves developing policies, partnerships, services, and information that support personal and professional growth for over…

• Denver Priority School Gets Presidential Treatment

  August 25, 2010 by PSC Editor

  National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel conducted a nationwide back-to-school tour from August 23-27, meeting innovative educators and touring priority schools throughout the country. One of his first stops was at Denver’s Math and Science Leadership Academy (MSLA), a…

• Pilot School Charts New Course in Colorado

  May 6, 2010 by PSC Editor

  It’s 10 a.m. on a Thursday, and the students of William Smith High School in Aurora, CO, are on the move – literally. Woody Dodd’s U.S. history students are recreating the 1965 marches in Selma, AL, altering the words to…

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  Peer Review Begins at Teacher-Led School

  February 17, 2010 by Sara Robertson

  During a recent school day in Denver, first-grade teacher Julie Variot monitored her students’ reading and pronunciation while two of her colleagues walked around the room, observing, jotting notes on the school’s custom evaluation form. After class, those colleagues —…