A second grade class at Bryant Webster K-8 school in Denver (Joe Amon, The Denver Post).
A new wrinkle to dual language education, additional hurdles for parents opposed to vaccinations, an untimely server crash slows testing, harsh sentences for Atlanta educators convicted in a cheating scandal and a kid who played hooky on Opening Day …
Dual language education (which includes programs to help native English speakers become bilingual) has been growing in popularity. But with schools building up programs largely on their own, the results have been mixed. .
Colorado’s low vaccination rates were in the spotlight earlier this spring when a measles outbreak in California thrust the issue back into the news cycle. Anti-vaccination parents will have to jump through more hoops starting next year . We wrote earlier this spring about how a new disclosure law
, slowing the administration of Colorado-designed science tests for fifth- and eighth-graders and social studies tests for fourth- and seventh-graders. The Gazette in Colorado Springs . The snafu gave critics of testing and Pearson’s role in it more ammunition. State and district officials, though, said the impact was relatively minimal. As the AP reports, . Don’t miss the correction.
Guns in schools unfortunately made news again with last week’s arrests of three Skinner Middle School students , apparently without the intent to harm anyone. Tessa Cheek of the Colorado Independent writes on legislation brought by a Columbine shooting survivor and gun rights advocate .
A story in the Greeley Tribune looks at .
A gathering of influential conservatives , laying bare the GOP’s struggle with public opinion and legal precedents moving increasingly in favor of gay rights. The education connection: The summit is sponsored by Colorado Christian University in Lakewood and its think tank, the Centennial Institute.
Lots of talk this week about the harsh sentences handed down to administrators and educators convicted in the Atlanta cheating scandal. Best to go to the source that broke the story with its dogged investigative reporting — . The threat of a prison sentence for a schoolteacher usually , notes the Marshall Project’s Dana Goldstein, author of “The Teacher Wars,” a well-reviewed book on the history of the profession. Many commentators, Goldstein points out, have noted that middle-class black teachers in Atlanta have been charged with racketeering, but not affluent white financial professionals implicated in the subprime mortgage crisis.
, Rachael Stickland make a case for Senate Bill 173, . That bill has won Senate approval and is scheduled to be heard Monday in the House Education Committee. On the other side of the testing divide, Eva Moskowitz of the Success Academy Charter Schools in New York writes in the New York Observer that weakening standardized testing .
A couple of education employers cracked — Arapahoe Community College and the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST Public Schools) charter network.
Finally, a letter to the editor argued this Opening Day photo sends the wrong message …
Letter writer thinks this kid should be in school:
— Eric Gorski (@egorski)
The consensus response from readers: Hey, letter writer, leave that kid (and his parents) alone.
