Author: Yesenia Robles
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‘Not waiting until summer’: Adams 14 leaders try to get ninth-graders back on track after more than half fail two or more classes
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Across the country, most students struggled with remote learning, but among high school freshmen in the Adams 14 district, more than half failed two or more of their classes last fall. “Once they fail a class, they fall behind for four years,” said Ron Peterson, the high school turnaround specialist for MGT Consulting, the management…
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Here’s how Aurora schools are offering some students in-person instruction
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Two rows of middle school students, each with their backs against opposing walls, stood on spaced out “X”s in the hallway at North Middle School in Aurora on Friday. There they practiced speaking English — using full sentences as they had just learned in class. “Hi. My name is…” they practiced saying to their partner…
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More room on the school bus: COVID-era guidelines lead to service cuts, uncertainty
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As schools have started opening their doors to students this fall, and as others plan to do so soon, one more logistical problem districts have had to navigate is how to safely transport masses of students to their buildings. Like many of the problems school districts have encountered in the pandemic, this is one that…
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Chalkbeat: Aurora students want bus passes to put more college classes and internships within reach
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Chantelle Lewis, a 12th grade student in Aurora, has a clear goal of what she wants to pursue as a career. She wants to be a medical lawyer. But in the last two years, she’s had one big thing on her mind when she considers what opportunities to take and which ones to skip: transportation.…
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Aurora’s bonus experiment was mixed for teachers, promising for school psychologists and nurses
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An experiment in the Aurora school district of offering up to $3,000 to entice teachers to stay another year has shown mixed results. But the same tactic did seem to help in retaining more school nurses and psychologists, a final report shows. Aurora officials called the improvements “significant,” in a final report presented to the…
