Denver Public Schools’ high school graduation rate is rising — but so far, it’s only risen to a mediocre 52.7 percent. That was the news yesterday from Superintendent Tom Boasberg, who announced the numbers at a press conference at North High School. North, on the other hand, saw its graduation…
Those Denver blogs just keep on coming… Colin at South Stands Denver with Broncos fans not getting riled up about the Raiders. Or, as he puts it, “Fuck the Motherfucking Raiders! ‘Cause THE RIVALRY AIN’T DEAD!” 5280’s Michael de Yoanna chronicles Colorado’s Week of the Migrant. Doubt if Tom Tancredo’s…
Local blogs want you — to read them. Square State blogger Something The Dog Said recently saw the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special and concluded the the show is sexist. Guess Santa’s sleigh was pulled by male chauvinist pigs. Allen Iverson loved returning to Philadelphia — but probably not…
Our forecast for Colorado online users: continued blogginess. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic waxes rhapsodic about a Ted Haggard profile in the Los Angeles Times featuring the rhetorical question, “”Am I full of the devil?” Resist making a Mike Jones joke! Resist making a Mike Jones joke! As Mile High…
Plenty of folks, including members of the Denver Post editorial board, have been pretty disapproving of new Denver Public Schools board member Andrea Merida in the days since she had herself secretly sworn in hours before a Monday-night board meeting so she could vote on controversial school reforms at the…
CU-Boulder has banned Nerf guns being used in an on-campus game called Humans vs. Zombies, ostensibly because cops seeing the handle of the weapon protruding from pants or pockets might think a student was packing a real weapon as opposed to one primarily used by children. Seem over the top?…
Colorado bloggin’ fever: Catch it. As 5280’s Michael de Yoanna tells it, a Colorado Springs liquor board upheld the suspension of a club’s license due to bare-breast exposure and fondling during a Girls Gone Wild videoing. If tit, then no tap (H/T Colorado Springs Gazette). According to Rocky Mountain Right’s…
Last night’s Denver Public Schools board meeting had its fair share of hateration. And plenty of people turned out to witness it. By 4:25 p.m., signs on the boardroom door at the DPS administration building at 900 Grant Street declared the room full and directed meeting-goers to the fourth-floor cafeteria,…
Tonight, the Denver Public Schools board will consider a range of reform issues involving low-performing schools and much more. But the agenda calls for the outgoing board, including three members who’ll be attending their last meeting, to vote on the proposals, leaving incoming representatives, three of them newbies, to either…
We call this feature “Denver Blogs” for a reason. Check out these blogs from Denver. The Colorado Independent’s Kate Redding reports that the insurance lobby is promising to fight any legislation “that would force insurers to offer individual plans that would cover maternity care.” Celibate good times, come on! David…
Denver Public Schools officials have suggested a series of plans to “turn around” the city’s six lowest-performing schools. But before they approve the changes, they want to hear from the public. The Board of Education will hear public comment on the recommendations at meetings tonight and Thursday night from 7…
Here’s some local bloggery to peruse. Colin over at South Stands Denver is a little skittish about Josh McDaniels benching o-lineman Ben Hamilton in favor of another former New England Patriot. But if Joshy McD can go from high-school kicker to NFL head coach in fourteen years, he’s doing something…
No need to fear the local blogosphere. Following a massive breakdown of this Monday’s Broncos-Steelers contest, Mile High Report’s Steve Nichols predicts: “Denver wins (fingers crossed and nervous as Hell).” Right there with you, Steve. Alan Gottlieb at Education News Colorado says that a bad decision or two by Denver’s…
At 4:30 p.m., Governor Bill Ritter has scheduled a news conference to talk about the rest of his budget proposal for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, following his Monday submission of digits relating to the Public Health and Environment, Agriculture and Transportation departments. And according to a piece in this morning’s…
Oh, the can of wriggling, worm-like items the Vance Fulkerson case has opened. Fulkerson, you’ll recall, is a former University of Northern Colorado drama instructor accused earlier this year of secretly filming children in his bathroom; in September, he learned of nine additional charges against him, including four felony sexual…
Eyeballs, meet local blogs that’ll treat your pupils properly. The Nugg Doctor’s Nick Sclafani says Melo “revoked Paul Millsap’s player card with a posterizing dunk” in last night’s season-opening win over the Utah Jazz. Get started on that paperwork right away. Alan Gottlieb at Education News Colorado points out that…
At 5 a.m. this morning, when Jefferson County officials decided to declare a snow day, there wasn’t all that much of the stuff. Even in the Ken-Caryl Ranch area, near the foothills, only about an inch of it had collected on driveways. But Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer…
In the long-foundering, ever-festering war on drugs, there’s just about zero truth to the idea of zero tolerance. As anyone who’s studied the prison population can figure out, certain groups dealing in illegal drugs can be targeted for harsh punishment, while other groups trafficking in the same drugs are all…
School board races are typically nonpartisan, but not this year in Douglas County. The Republican party there has endorsed a slate of four candidates — an unusual move the Denver Post took note of in an October 20 article that focused more on conflicts and complaints from the likes of…
Denver Public Schools spokesman Michael Vaughn has come through with the names of more DPS facilities seeing big absences due to the flu, be it H1N1/swine flu or the seasonal variety, along with specific percentages. He’d previously mentioned Columbian Elementary School, at 2925 W. 40th Avenue: Attendance there is at…
It seemed like a simple question: Which facilities in the Denver Public School system are experiencing the most H1N1-related absences? But in the day-plus since being asked that question by yours truly, DPS spokesman Michael Vaughn has mostly provided big picture info rather than specifics. He says he knows Columbian…
The 2009 Denver Plan developed by Denver Public Schools pins a lot of blame for the district’s shortcomings on teachers — the very teachers who agreed earlier this week to lower a guaranteed cost-of-living increase in acknowledgment of revenue shortfalls. Henry Roman, president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, the…
