Jeanne Kaplan: The Battle Against Deformers in Denver is Always Uphill
Jeanne Kaplan is a veteran civil rights activist who was elected to serve two terms on the Denver school board. She has been active in...
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Denver: Turmoil Over Superintendent’s Exit
The superintendent of Denver Public Schools, Susana Cordova, resigned abruptly, and her departure was followed by finger pointing. Denver has been a hot spot for...
Denver: Charter Schools Collected $16 Million in Federal Aid for Small Businesses
Chalkbeat reports that charter schools in Denver collected $16 million from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, intended to help small businesses. Across the country, charters...
Jeanne Kaplan: What’s the Matter with the New Denver Board of Education?
Jeanne Kaplan served two terms on the elected board of education in Denver. She has been an outspoken critic of the Disruption policies of the...
Education Week: Philanthropists Are Losing Interest in K-12 “Reform” Due to Lack of Results
Christina Samuels of Education Week reports that philanthropists continue to pour a large percentage of their donations into education, but are losing interest in K-12...
How Did Pro-Public School Candidates “Flip” the Denver School Board?
Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider reveal the secret ingredient to the success of the Resistance to privatization/portfolio district strategy in Denver in this podcast. For...
Jane Nylund: Oakland Is in the Sights of the “Destroy Public Education” Crowd, Who Control the Board
Jane Nylund, parent activist in Oakland, wrote the following warning after reading about the ouster of the Disrupters in Denver. Parents and activists and concerned...
Jeannie Kaplan: Denver Voters Give “Reform” an F
Jeannie Kaplan served two terms on the Denver school board. She spotted “reform” as a hoax from the beginning. For ten years, she has urged...
Tom Ultican: The “Denver Miracle!” Voters Eliminate Billionaire-Backed Corporate Reformers
Tom Ultican shares a delightful and very satisfying story of what happened in Denver, where voters chose three non-corporate reformers to fill out a majority...
Denver Area: Teacher-Backed Candidates Sweep All But One School Board Races
Candidates backed by teachers for local school boards in the Denver area (including Denver) won all but one race. Candidates supported by the teachers’ unions...