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Teachers Set To Sue DPS Over Tenure Policy

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Teacher Tenure, Video, Detroit Education, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Detroit Teachers Union, Dps, DFT Lawsuit, Detroit News, Detroit Teachers Union Lawsuit, Detroit News

The Detroit Federation of Teachers announced Friday morning that the union is preparing a "monumental" lawsuit against Detroit Public Schools that cou...

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Southwest Detroit Elementary School Gets Last-Minute Pardon

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Detroit Education, Southwestern High School Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, Western High School Detroit, Southwest Detroit Schools, Maybury Elementary, Detroit School Closings, Dps, Detroit News, Roy Roberts, Bibiana Hernandez, Maybury Elementary Closing, Detroit News

Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced Maybury Elementary, a southwest Detroit K-3 bilingual school that had been scheduled fo...

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DPS Goes Green With Gardens At 45 Schools

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: School Gardens, Video, Detroit Education, Garden Resource Program, DPS Garden Collaborative Program, Eastern Market, Detroit Schools, Detroit Gardens, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Impact, Dps, Detroit News, Greening of Detroit, Detroit School Garden Collaborative Program, Detroit News

The Detroit Public Schools system has experimented with using gardening in the lesson plans of individual schools for over a decade. Now, with the hel...

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Detroit Schools Send Home 4,100 Layoff Notices, Teachers Will Have To Reapply For Jobs

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Robert Bobb, Keith Johnson, Detroit Emergency Manager, Video, Detroit Education, Bv-Politics, Detroit Public Schools, DPS Rehire Policy, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Dps, Detroit News, Roy Roberts, DPS Layoffs, Detroit News

In a repeat of last year's mass layoffs, approximately 4,100 teachers in the Detroit Public Schools district received notices in the mail this week t...

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Inside Detroit Public Schools: More on the Citizen Patrollers and Their Work to Protect the Students

Steven Wasko | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, School Safety, Detroit Schools, Citizen Patrollers, Detroit Public Schools Citizen Patrollers, Dps, DPS Citizen Patrollers, Citizens' Patrols, Detroit Education, Detroit News
Steven Wasko

Detroit Public School expanded citizens' patrols and also issued a call for additional volunteers this year. That, plus a multi-agency effort, resulted in safer schools and safer routes to school.

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You Might Not Want To Go Here For Spring Break

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: College Students, Spring Break, Drug Cartel, Safety, Traveling Tips, Mexico, Dps, Travel, Vacations, Students, Traveling Abroad, Cancun, Students Traveling, Travel Abroad, College News, Colleges, College News

AUSTIN, Texas -- A law enforcement agency in Texas has raised safety concerns and advised students on spring break to avoid Mexico. The Department of...

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Inside DPS: Smile... The Children's Museum Is Again Serving Children

Steven Wasko | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Detroit Children's Museum, Detroit Public Schools, Slidepollajax, Detroit Childrens Museum Reopens, Dps, Detroit Public School Programs, Detroit Museums, Detroit Education, Detroit News
Steven Wasko

Every now and then a grin comes across my face. That grin edges to a full-blown smile when it comes to the Detroit Children's Museum, which DPS is reopening for thousands of our students for field trips.

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DPS Proposes Spending Increase, Extended School Days

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Tom Boasberg, ELL's, Video, English Language Learner, English, Ela, Dps, Denver Public Schools, Education Funding, Latino Prosperity, DPS Superintendent, English Language, Denver News

Denver Public Schools proposed a spending increase of approximately $11 million for English-Language Learners (ELLs) and to extend the school day for...

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Inside DPS: Faces of Volunteers Tell the Real Story

Steven Wasko | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Detroit, Volunteering, Detroit Public Schools, Public Schools, Dps, Parental Involvement, Detroit Education, Detroit News
Steven Wasko

Look a Reading Corps volunteer in the face, or see that familiar red CityYear jacket, or stumble upon the dozens of Quicken Loans staff who have adopted Chrysler School, and you might catch the volunteer fever yourself.

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When You've Exhausted All Your Parenting Skills, What's Next?

Jennifer Mrozowski | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Dps, Teaching, Parental Involvement, Detroit Education, Detroit News
Jennifer Mrozowski

If you're a parent or guardian or even an uncle or aunt, you know the feeling of helplessness when you are at a loss for helping your child or children grow and succeed.

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Colo. Schools Get A Report Card -- Did Yours Make The Grade?

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Colorado School Performance, Cde, Stand for Children, Video, Tim Taylor, Colorado Children's Campaign, Colorado School Grades, Colorado Department of Education, Dps, Colorado Succeeds, Colorado Education System, Denver News

A new website premiering today endeavors to make education performance in Colorado public schools more transparent and understandable for parents and ...

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Detroit Public Schools Moving Into Fisher Building, Saving $1.8 Million Annually

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Robert Bobb, Video, DPS Emergency Manager, Detroit Public Schools, Fisher Building, Dps, Roy Roberts, Detroit Real Estate, Farbman Group, Detroit News

Detroit Public Schools are on the move and looking to save cash. By moving into different offices, the district will lose 98,400 sq. feet but save $1....

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The Longest School Year In Denver

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Tom Boasberg, Longer School Year, Manual Extends School Year, Video, Innovation Status, Manual High School, Dps, Vernon Jones, Denver Public Schools, Denver News

Denver's Manual High School students will have a really short summer in 2012. Shortly after the Fourth of July holiday, Manual H.S. students will begi...

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Northwest Denver Gears Up

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: u.s. Department of Education, Dps, GEAR UP, Video, Denver Public Schools, Denver News, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, College Readiness, Denver News

A seven-year federal grant of $4.8 million has been awarded to eight northwest Denver schools in the hopes of encouraging and improving college prepar...

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Emily Sirota Offers True Reform for DPS

Michael Merrifield | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Denver School Board, Dps, Education Reform, Denver Public Schools, Endorsement, Emily Sirota, Denver School Board Elections, Denver News
Michael Merrifield

Emily Sirota is the only candidate in the school board races who has outlined a detailed, pragmatic plan to strengthen public education for the long haul.

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DPS Board Elections Should Focus on Issues

Barbara O’Brien | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Anne Rowe, Dps, Denver School Board, Denver Public Schools, Emily Sirota, Denver School Board Elections, Denver News
Barbara O’Brien

The Denver school board election is just a few days away, and more people are paying attention to this year's race than ever before. But in the last couple days, it has not been for the right reasons.

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The Grown-Up in the Room: DPS Board Candidate Emily Sirota

Nancy Cronk | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Montana, Public Schools, School Board, Voters, David Sirota, Teachers Unions, Dps, Anne Rowe Vouchers, Teachers, Emily Sirota, Brian Schweitzer, Election, Denver, Colorado, Denver Politics, Denver Public Schools, Denver News
Nancy Cronk

Above all the din of the warring factions, one rational, knowledgeable voice continues to bring voters back to the reason the school board exists: doing what's best for the children and families of Denver.

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Detroit Public Schools To Cut 40% Of Teachers Over 4 Years

The Detroit News | Jennifer Chambers | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Teacher Layoffs, Detroit Teacher Layoffs, Detroit Teachers, Education Achievement Authority, Detroit Public Schools, School Budget Deficit, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Teacher Cuts, Dps, Detroit Budget Cuts, Roy Roberts, Rick Snyder, Teachers, School Budget Cuts, Education News

Detroit Public Schools expects to shed nearly 40 percent of its teachers in the next four years to help close a $327 million deficit, yet projects a l...

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Denver School Bus Crash Injures 9 Students, 1 Woman

AP | AP | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Students Inured in Bus Crash, School Bus Accident, School Bus Crash, Dps, Bus Crash, Denver Colorado, Denver School Bus Crash, Denver News, Denver Public Schools, Colorado, Denver News

DENVER (AP) -- Authorities say several high school students and a woman were hurt in a traffic accident involving a Denver Public Schools bus and a ca...

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Charter School For Minority Boys

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Tom Boasberg, New Orleans, Denver Public Education, Denver's First Black Mayor, Denver School Board of Education, Louisiana, Theresa Pena, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Board of Education, Dps, Wellington Webb, Miller-McCoy Academy, Denver Charter School, Denver News

Eight new Denver schools will open by 2013 after last night's school board meeting, six of which are charter schools. One will be Denver's first all b...

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Chris Romer's Field of Dreams

Jason Salzman | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Matters, Michael Hancock, Colorado Rockies, Middle School Sports, After School Programs, High School Sports, Dps, Chris Romer, Student Athletes, Denver News
Jason Salzman

Last week, Chris Romer said he wants to "make sure we put sports back into middle schools." This surprised me, because I had just watched my son, who plays on his DPS middle-school baseball team, lose badly.

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Michelle Alexander And Dr. Vincent Harding Visit Manual High School

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Poverty, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Manual High School Closing, Veterans of Hope Project, Math Literacy Project, Dr. Vincent Harding, Five Points, Ra Maat, Michelle Alexander, Dps, Professor Michelle Alexander, Doug Linkhart, African American, Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, Colorado, Joe Palma, Yez, Criminal Justice, Self-Awareness, Manual High School, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Mass Incarceration, Discrimination, Youth Justice, Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Denver Public Schools, Prosecutors, Moritz College of Law, Committee for Criminal Justice Reform, Poverty, Ohio State University, The New Jim Crow, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Earth Force, Councilman, Black History Month, Ccjj, Legal System, Under-Funded Schools, Denver Impact, Slidepollajax, Video, Denver News

"How many of you know someone who has been killed in gang violence?" Denver teacher and self-awareness coach Ra Maat asks an auditorium half-filled wi...

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WATCH: Robert Bobb On Why Detroit Has To Close Half Its Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Bobb, Education Reform, Detroit Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Dps, Detroit School Closings, Video, Education News

The Detroit Public Schools system plans to close half of its schools, leaving classrooms bursting at the seams with 60 students each. Robert Bobb, em...

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DPS Defends Decision To Open Schools Amid Criticism

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DPS Schools Open, Denver Public Schools, Denver Snow, Dps, Denver Weather, Denver News

The Denver Public Schools' Facebook page became a sounding board on Tuesday for students and parents furious that the district will open schools on Mo...

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As DPS' School Board President, Nate Easley's Gotta Go

Christopher Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver School Board, Nate Easley, Dps, Education Reform, Denver News, Denver Public Schools, Colorado Open Meetings Act, Tom Boasberg, Martin Semple, Denver News
Christopher Scott

Nate Easley cannot be an effective leader for Denver's school board. All doubt was removed by Easley's actions and behavior during the DPS Board of Education work session on November 15.

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