Rise & Shine: Poudre superintendent focused on closing achievement gap

By 
Maura Walz
 | November 14, 2013, 1:56pm UTC

COLORADO

  • The State Board of Education was briefed on this year’s district ratings as two rural districts moved a step closer to losing their accreditation. EdNews Colorado 
  • The board also came to a compromise with a struggling online charter school, allowing just its high school to be rated under alternative school status. EdNews Colorado
  • The state also cut its ties with the data service InBloom, following Jefferson County’s rejection of its pilot program. EdNews Colorado
  • A second round of schools — including more in Denver and Boulder Valley — are adding more class time to their school days. AP via Gazette
  • Mesa school officials say they are finding greater numbers of younger students in possession of marijuana. KJCT8
  • Parents at a Lafayette charter school are protesting the abrupt departure of the school’s principal. Daily Camera
  • Poudre School District’s superintendent told the school board that the district needs to close the achievement gap between white and Hispanic students. Coloradoan
  • Two new St. Vrain school board members were sworn in. Times-Call
  • Re-elected Cherry Creek school board members say the defeat of Amendment 66 doesn’t affect the district much. Aurora Sentinel

Seventeen Colorado students, including eight from Boulder Valley, were honored for earning perfect ACT scores. Daily Camera NATION

  • Despite two decades of high-profile school shootings, statistics show that schools are getting safer. USA Today
  • Results of a survey suggest that sequestration cuts are hurting special education students. Huffington Post
  • The Bloomberg administration gave out its last round of school report card grades in New York City. GothamSchools

OPINION

  • A teacher trying to get her license in Colorado says licensure should be connected to good teaching practice through better standards for entry. EdNews Colorado

Rise & Shine

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