Newcomer Students Main Article By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Since last January, at least 41,000 people have migrated to the Denver metro area. Denver has long been an attractive destination for recent migrants, but this significant number of newly arrived immigrants has created complex and novel challenges Read more…
Amending Colorado’s Constitution By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Concepts like fundamental rights and dignity often seem deeply abstracted from the day-to-day operations of educational institutions. The Right2Learn Dignity Lab wants to advocate not only for developing a more robust understanding of the concepts themselves but also having Read more…
Teacher Retention Teacher Retention: An educational crisis By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver *In order to understand the reasons BIPOC teachers are leaving education, the experiences of BIPOC teachers have to be considered with respect to the differences between the various identities comprising this categorization. BIPOC is a category Read more…
School Data The purpose, the audience, the outcome By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver In our contemporary era, the collection and analysis of data play an important role in how we come to understand the world around us. Similar to other public institutions, educational institutions have increasingly integrated Read more…
Student Safety Safety comes in many forms. By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Often, when we think about safety in schools and other institutions of learning, our first inclination is to think of safety from threats of bodily harm — understandably so. But, it is important to recognize Read more…
Student Success Who Decides? By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver “I think there is a kind of disconnect between how people have viewed their own success, versus how I think the district is viewing Read more…
Housing and Education Place Matters By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Knowing where someone lives in the metro area can tell you a lot about the type of resources they have access to. According to community members, their residential context has a significant impact on how they interact with Read more…
Working Together To Make Change Let Students Lead By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver After a year of rapid adjustments to schooling triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, educational systems hope to establish a sense of normalcy in the coming school year. Traditionally, school days require students and teachers to Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Learning “American” in schools: a fork in the road By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Being an American is a complex and multifaceted experience. Identifying and teaching what it means to Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Public Education’s Opportunity To Shift Course By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Traditional educational dynamics have had to be reimagined during the nation’s struggle with COVID-19. The common educational experience has been profoundly altered by Read more…
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