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This week we got a first look at test scores from the first PARCC tests given earlier this year. In other news, a for-profit college is struggling and new numbers show how much time a Denver school board member is missing from her day job. Catch up on your reading here.
PARCC: showed pretty low achievement — like 18.9 percent of eighth graders meeting or exceeding expectations in math, which was mostly expected, but the data released Thursday also showed low participation rates. Because the federal government requires at least 95 percent of students get tested, they are submitting to the U.S. Department of Education.
Denver Public Schools: Information provided by Denver officials now shows just how much time Denver school board president, to attend to school board duties. The information, reported by Jon Murray, also detail how much of a reduction in pay the time away has cost her.
Also this week, submitted by DPS superintendent Tom Boasberg at the end of last month. Boasberg was addressing recent , stating that the district is still committed to integration.
Preschool: Ann Schimke wrote a that aims to reduce suspensions or expulsions in preschool. The approach is used in about 200 centers around the state, which are sometimes used as centers to take in students that are too much trouble elsewhere.
Suicide risk: of suicide risk in the last three years. The number of reported threats has doubled in the same time. The district is hiring more safety professionals.
For profit: Westwood College, a for-profit school with a shaky history in Colorado, . School officials, however, said they have not yet decided if they are going to completely shut down.
Coca-Cola money: The that they will be returning the funds donated by Coca-Cola after mounting criticism over the relationship. that the funds were going to scientists and research that blamed obesity on a lack of exercise rather than on unhealthy diets.
Boulder superintendent: Boulder Valley School District’s superintendent, , was recognized at a board meeting for the school district this week. Check out the Daily Camera’s story about his recognition if you hadn’t already seen it when it was announced.
