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McGlone Elementary

Difficult choice

Colorado
June 12, 2017

Denver schools chief backs community panel’s pick to replace closing school

He's recommending that leaders of McGlone Academy take over struggling Amesse Elementary.

the choice

Colorado
June 8, 2017

Divided community panel picks district-run option over charter to replace closing Denver school

The plan submitted by McGlone Academy leaders was recommended in a 3-2 vote.

long live p.e.

Colorado
May 20, 2016

DPS approves new graduation requirements that continue to mandate P.E. and art

Starting with the class of 2021, students will also be required to demonstrate proficiency in English and math to earn a diploma.

up for approval

Colorado
May 19, 2016

Meet the 9 schools vying to open or expand in Denver

The Denver school board is expected to vote Thursday night on the expansion of one school before turning its attention next month to eight other proposals.

Spreading Joy

Colorado
January 27, 2016

Inside McGlone Elementary, a rising Denver turnaround school with even higher hopes

“I’m really proud of everything our school has done,” principal Sara Gips Goodall said. “It’s still not enough.”

Visit from the bigwig

Colorado
May 8, 2014

Denver educators encourage Arne Duncan to cut bureaucracy, keep funding

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan met with teachers in Denver's pilot leadership program and some of the district's principals at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval in a whirlwind tour of some of Colorado's reform hot spots. Up for discussion were relations with teachers' unions, sustaining reforms beyond grants and cuts to government bureaucracy.