Denver school board vote on Academy 360 charter turns into debate on how to measure academic success

NPR
A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court effectively blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma, leaving in place a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

Washington Examiner
Charter schooling has long suffered from a “more-of-the-same” problem. For all the opportunities to rethink the familiar schoolhouse, few of the nation’s 8,000 charter schools have actually done so.

The 74
According to the latest data, teacher turnover rates have been coming down for the last two years.

KRDO
On Monday, Chavez Huerta Preparatory Academy (CHPA)leadership held an emergency meeting for parents and community members during which officials laid out all the different options and avenues that the academy will now explore.

Denver Post
Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education will investigate Superintendent Alex Marrero’s allegations that Director John Youngquist discriminated against employees of color., board President Carrie Olson said Monday.

CharterFolk
That question is at the center of nearly every education policy fight today, from school board meetings to state legislatures. And Denver is no exception.*