Tag: Alex Magaña
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ENDORSEMENTS: Blanke, Del Hierro, Jackson, Magaňa for Denver school board
Denver Public Schools, once a national pacesetter for education reform and innovation, has been struggling for years in more ways than one. Colorado’s largest school district has become one of the state’s most troubled. While some of DPS’ decline arguably is beyond the district’s control — its ebbing enrollment is part of a statewide pattern…
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State Board of Education rules Denver Public Schools should pause revoking school’s innovation zone status
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The timing for revoking Denver’s Beacon Network Schools’ innovation zone status was off given students are just now beginning to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Colorado State Board of Education statement Friday. State board members encouraged Denver Public Schools (DPS) to hold off on its revocation at least until the new state…
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Denver’s Beacon Network appeals to state over zone revocation, files lawsuit
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In the first test of a new Colorado law, the Beacon Network Schools Zone Board of Directors requested a state review of Denver Public Schools’ decision to revoke the network’s innovation zone status. The Beacon Zone Board also filed a lawsuit to keep the district from breaking up the zone, which has 750 students, while…