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Regan Benson plans showdown with state board of ed over "outspoken" son

By Michael Roberts Thu., Feb. 9 2012 at 12:28 PM
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​Regan Benson isn't afraid to speak her mind, and neither are her kids, including son Blake, who made news for sporting a "Nobama" banner during Michelle Obama's visit to Dakota Ridge High School, and Bryce, who ex-guv candidate Tom Tancredo backed in a controversy over wearing a "Border Patrol" T-shirt. And today, she plans to give the Colorado Board of Education an earful over Bryce's expulsion, which she sees as politically motivated.

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Ethan Hemming named executive director of Charter School Institute

By Melanie Asmar Wed., Feb. 8 2012 at 12:25 PM
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​Ethan Hemming, charter school whiz and former interim executive director of the Charter School Institute, is no longer interim. The institute's board of directors has made him the official executive director and head of an organization in the process of righting itself after several things went wrong, as explained in our feature "A Hard Line." Coming up on the institute's agenda: Deciding whether to renew the charter of the complaint-ridden Ricardo Flores Magon Academy.

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Remedial college courses: More Colorado students need them, report shows

By Melanie Asmar Tue., Feb. 7 2012 at 2:59 PM
Categories: Education

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​ More Colorado college students are taking remedial courses once they arrive on campus, according to a report released today. In the 2010-11 school year, 31.8 percent of recent high school graduates were placed into a remedial course, as opposed to 28.6 percent in 2009-10. The remediation rate for students over twenty years old is even higher: 57 percent needed remediation last year.

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Marcos Martinez, head of Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, on leave during investigation

By Melanie Asmar Mon., Feb. 6 2012 at 2:29 PM
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​Is Marcos Martinez, principal at the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy and the subject of our recent feature "A Hard Line," on his way out as head of the Westminster charter school?

Westword just received word that Martinez, chess instructor Dominic Martinez and director of curriculum and instruction Gabriela Guzman are currently on leave.

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Journalism Plus: There is a future for journalism at CU-Boulder after all

By Kylie Horner Fri., Feb. 3 2012 at 2:59 PM
Categories: Education, Media, News

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​I'm three weeks an intern for Westword, and with each day, I'm made more aware of the strengths (and the pitfalls) of my journalism education at CU-Boulder. Nothing scares me more than joining my older brother in his misery caused by the mania surrounding this economic downturn. "Good luck finding a job. Your generation has it bad-d-d-d," they tell me -- a fair warning prior to my upcoming graduation from a program that's transitioning from journalism to "Journalism Plus."

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CU Denver mascot countdown: Our top picks (sorry, Golden Elk)

By Kelsey Whipple Fri., Feb. 3 2012 at 7:16 AM
Categories: Education, Lists & Weirdness, News

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​What does a minter look like? Despite a recent Google search, we at the Latest Word are still unsure how to picture one. But we could find out soon, because minters are among the choices offered by the student government at CU Denver as a new mascot for the school's downtown and Anschutz Medical campuses. Look below to check out the widely varied options and the countdown to our top pick.

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Nancy Werkmeister, former AP at North High involved with credit recovery, now at Montbello

By Melanie Asmar Wed., Feb. 1 2012 at 2:57 PM
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​Nancy Werkmeister, a former assistant principal at North High School involved with the problem-ridden credit recovery program, is now working at Montbello High School. Denver Public Schools spokesman Mike Vaughn says Werkmeister "has a part-time contract to help with scheduling to make sure students are matched with the right classes, so that they're getting all the credits they need to graduate."

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Immigration

Emily Griffith program to teach job skills to refugees to graduate 1,000th student today

By Melanie Asmar Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 9:59 AM
Categories: Education, Immigration

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​ Five years ago, teachers at the Emily Griffith Technical College Language Learning Center, which offers free English classes to refugees, recognized a problem: Even when refugees landed jobs, they had trouble holding onto them. "We noticed that they were lacking in American workplace skills," says dean of instruction Slavica Park.

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Ricardo Flores Magon Academy: Petition outlines concerns about charter school

By Melanie Asmar Wed., Jan. 25 2012 at 1:03 PM
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​ A group of parents associated with the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy is airing its concerns about the charter school, which was the subject of our recent feature story, "A Hard Line." They're circulating a petition to remove the school's leader, Marcos Martinez, and have sent a list of concerns to the media and to the Charter School Institute, which authorized the five-year-old school.

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Denver Public Schools pushes back first day of school to late August to beat heat

By Melanie Asmar Fri., Jan. 20 2012 at 1:43 PM
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​ The school children shall melt no more! Or if they do, they'll do it later in the summer. The Denver Public School board of education has voted to push back the school start-date this coming fall, after a mid-August heat wave caused students to sweat and their parents to petition to delay the first day of school in an attempt to beat the heat.

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