dan mcminimee
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Letters: Jeffco School Board woes
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Editor: Well, they finally went and did it. The Jefferson County School Board decided last month to fire Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Dan McMinimee, much to the chagrin of what seems to be the majority of the citizens of Jefferson County. Mr. McMinimee has performed admirably during his tenure with Jeffco Schools and the board has…
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Noonan: Top-down decision-making in education won’t win over voters
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Half way into a letter called “Lessons on Education,” Sue Desmond-Hellman, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, admits that the foundation “underestimated the level of resources and support required for our public education systems to be well-equipped to implement the <Common Core> standards.” This mild acknowledgment doesn’t begin to address the chaos that…
