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Education Systems Leadership and Policy https://nitter.gq/t.co/wokn0ZjfQN

Denver, CO
Joined February 2018
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“Dramatic changes are going to be controversial even if they create improvement, because those changes often require disrupting existing power structures, existing networks of privilege,” said @Parker_Baxter @CUDenverSPA.
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Commentary: How Denver’s school reforms raised grad rate, got kids years of extra learning buff.ly/4be2dAZ
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I have a new opinion piece at the The 74 Million about what struggling school systems can learn from the transformation of public education in Denver, Colorado. Transformative change does not come easily, but dramatic improvement is possible.
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A lot of attention has been on the problems @MilwaukeeMPS - Denver (along with NOLA and DC, and the ongoing work in HOU) shows what possible. 🔑: Give families choices empower educators get Central Office bureaucracy out of the way, & hold ALL schools accountable for outcomes
Commentary: How Denver’s school reforms raised grad rate, got kids years of extra learning buff.ly/4be2dAZ
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Education systems are experiencing massive change. The Education Systems Leadership & Policy Institute is a 5-day graduate seminar @CUDenverSPA in Denver, CO designed for current and aspiring leaders engaged in systems transformation and redesign. July 14 - 18, 2025 Apply now.
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""We needed to reinvent systems that had long mirrored and perpetuated inequities in society. This called for a set of pervasive, difficult and sustained changes. Each change mattered, but each mattered more as one of a series in a connected whole."
If you want to learn from a school district that improved faster than almost any other after 2007, read this by two of its architects, US Sen. Michael Bennet, former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, & Tom Boasberg, who succeeded him. #edreform publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/d…
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I am so honored @SenatorBennet & @SuptTomB accepted my invitation to reflect on new evidence of success: "Leading for Equity & Student Growth: Lessons from the Transformation of the #Denver Public Schools" Watch: tinyurl.com/CEPA-Bennet-Boas… Read: publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/c… #edpolicy
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Why do self-proclaimed defenders of public education have such low expectations for low-income students? "Test scores are correlated with income and the education level of your parents" Retired #Denver Teacher & "Public Ed Defender" Jaquelyn Falcon youtube.com/watch?v=cM8rWmk1…
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Watch my conversation with #Denver superintendents @SenatorBennet & Tom Boasberg @CUDenverSPA about their new white paper Leading for Equity and Student Growth: Lessons from the Transformation of #Denver Public Schools: tinyurl.com/CEPA-Bennet-Boas… White paper publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/c…
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Learn more about new research from CEPA @CUDenverSPA here publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/c… and check out the study summary, technical report, and a white paper from former #Denver Superintendents @SenatorBennet and Tom Boasberg. #edpolicy #edreform #edleadership #systemsleadership #edchat
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I'm so honored former Denver superintendents @SenatorBennet & Tom Boasberg accepted my invitation to write white paper reflecting on experience leading reforms which new @CUDenverSPA research shows were among most comprehensive & effective in U.S. history. publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/c…
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Scream it from the rooftops!
It is one thing to argue that school systems w. large numbers of low-income & students of color cannot improve when there is not strong evidence to the contrary. It is something else entirely to continue to claim this is impossible in the face of overwhelming evidence of success.
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It is one thing to argue that school systems w. large numbers of low-income & students of color cannot improve when there is not strong evidence to the contrary. It is something else entirely to continue to claim this is impossible in the face of overwhelming evidence of success.
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Today @ 1pm MT: New research from @CUDenverSPA We use student-level data from 40K+ students to evaluate the effects of Denver Public Schools' reform strategy on student achievement systemwide and the effects of three primary interventions #edpolicy #edcolo ucdenver.zoom.us/j/969986222…
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“We probably are not going to be able to mandate our way to integration and we definitely shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking that Black and Brown students need white students in their classrooms in order to achieve,” said @Parker_Baxter. Learn more: edsystemsleadership.org
70 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that 'the right to a public education' must be made available to all on equal terms in Brown v. Board of Education. Over three decades later, segregation is increasing in Colorado and nationwide. cpr.org/2024/05/17/70-years-…
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"We need education leaders who speak the truth & face the future bravely...Zero-sum rhetoric fuels the passage of reactionary #edpolicy, masks ongoing inequities in existing systems, & encourages defensiveness, complacency, & carelessness." #Denver 7/15-19 edsystemsleadership.org
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"We must choose, these leaders tell us, either 'neighborhood schools' or 'school choice,' progress or stasis, stability or disruption, equity or excellence, improvement or innovation, the existing system or no system at all." It's time for new leadership. forwarded.online/index.php/w…
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Replying to @dropoutnation
We live in hope and have much work to do. Perhaps if we can stop worshipping and defending what we have already built, we can focus better on building what we urgently need.
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