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  • September Newsletter

    Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 11:23 Author: AngelaEngel.com
      Please watch this important video: Why education reforms don't work and what we can do to dignify our children and their education:http://vimeo.com/15088315 Doug Christensen, former commissioner, Nebraska Department of Education (1994 - 2008) discuss...

  • August Newsletter

    Created: Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:08 Author: AngelaEngel.com
    August 2010 How to know when you are in a good school and how to choose a new one when you are notLeadership: Look for strong leadership from the school board and superintendant to the student council. How are decisions made? When it comes to the decisio...

  • June Newsletter

    Created: Saturday, 26 June 2010 19:10 Author: AngelaEngel.com
    June 2010 Happy Summer! I'm just returning from the AERO conference in Albany NY. The theme was "Learning Center Alternatives for Everyone." It was an extraordinary weekend and we came face to face over the debate over "Everyone." John Gatto opened the...

  • May Newsletter

    Created: Wednesday, 05 May 2010 12:52 Author: Angela Engel
    Performance Pay in the Colorado Legislature Senate Bill 191 will make its way to the House Education Committee to be debated this Thursday May 6, 2009. The deciding vote will be cast by Representative Karen Middleton of Aurora. This legislation has very ...

  • Teacher Evaluation Bill

    Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 18:42 Author: AngelaEngel.com
    Senate Bill 10-191, The Principal and Teacher Evaluation Bill, will be heard in the Senate Ed Committee today Wednesday, April 21st.  This bill will codify Governor Ritter’s executive order requiring that 50% of teacher pay will be linked to test s...

  • April Newsletter

    Created: Monday, 12 April 2010 13:09 Author: Angela Engel
    The month of April will provide some important opportunities for each of us to impact education policy and direct the future of our public schools. Please read below on 1. the reauthorization of NCLB, 2. National standards, and 3. the removal of Colorado'...

  • Welcome to the Children's Movement

    Created: Monday, 22 March 2010 12:00 Author: Angela Engel
    Earlier this week I had a unique opportunity to help out a friend. She asked me if I could take one of her English Language students to the optometrist.  Fadumo is a refugee woman who left Somalia with her family in 2004. She greeted me, tucked behin...