Alan Gottlieb /Boardhawk, Author at Central Park EdNews

Alan Gottlieb /Boardhawk

Alan Gottlieb is Boardhawk’s editor. Boardhawk (www.boardhawk.org/) is an independent website dedicated to community-based commentary and advocacy-focused coverage of public education in Colorado, with a particular focus on Denver Public Schools and its recently reconfigured Board of Education. Alan has been a Denver-based journalist for more than 30 years. He covered DPS for the Denver Post in the mid-1990s, worked as an education program officer for The Piton Foundation, and co-founded Education News Colorado and Chalkbeat. For the past five years, he has worked as a contract writer and communications consultant.

Manage like an ostrich: DPS Superintendent Marrero eliminates principal feedback on his leadership

(Editor’s note: This commentary originally appeared in CPEdNews’ partner publication, Boardhawk, an independent website dedicated to community-based commentary and advocacy-focused coverage of public education in Colorado, with a particular focus on Denver Public Schools and its Board of Education.) If […]

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Kurt Dennis firing shows DPS is rotting from the top down

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in CPEN’s partner, Boardhawk, an independent website dedicated to community-based commentary and advocacy-focused coverage of public education in Colorado, with a particular focus on Denver Public Schools and its recently reconfigured Board of

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On DPS board, dysfunction is as dysfunction does

Dysfunctional: not functioning properly : marked by impaired or abnormal functioning. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Members of the dysfunctional Denver school board despise that governing body being called dysfunctional, repeatedly and emphatically denying that it is what it so plainly is. Late in

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The tide of public opinion has turned against DPS board and leadership, clouds Nov. election

(Featured in photo on home page: Dorian Warren, an East High School parent, protested Monday, April 17, outside Denver Public Schools headquarters, 1860 Lincoln St., to call for the resignation of the school board. By Jason Gonzales/Chalkbeat Colorado) Public opinion

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Poll should prompt behavior change from DPS board, especially Anderson; 9% support his re-election; 39% want all members to resign.

April 24, 2023 It’s not surprising that a new bipartisan poll found that the Denver school board is deeply unpopular, given the board’s collective inability to focus on what matters most at any given moment. Poll respondents skewed older, whiter, and more

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East High shooting prods Denver school board into woefully belated action

Photo: Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Author’s note: I offer these thoughts with the caveat that I am a 66-year-old white man, with many blind spots and a set of life experiences very different from those of people more directly affected by

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Despite some positives, more troubling signs from DPS board

Thursday night’s Denver school board meeting was even more fascinating than usual, for several reasons. I will start out with two positive observations, since I often focus on areas for improvement. First, board members seem to be accepting the reality

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