"Denver schools on Thursday received the largest grant in district history — $10 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will help develop a new teacher evaluation system.
The money is, in effect, a lucrative consolation prize for Denver Public Schools, which in November lost out on a share of $290 million in Gates money being offered to help schools develop systems to improve teaching.
Those grants went to districts in Pittsburgh; Hillsborough County, Fla.; Memphis, Tenn.; and a group of Los Angeles charter schools.
DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg said that $10 million will help drive 'our work around recognizing, developing and rewarding excellent teaching, which is the single most important factor in improving our students' achievement.'
Now, Colorado school districts give teachers either 'satisfactory' or 'unsatisfactory' ratings on their evaluations, with an overwhelming number of teachers receiving the 'satisfactory' grade."
The money is, in effect, a lucrative consolation prize for Denver Public Schools, which in November lost out on a share of $290 million in Gates money being offered to help schools develop systems to improve teaching.Those grants went to districts in Pittsburgh; Hillsborough County, Fla.; Memphis, Tenn.; and a group of Los Angeles charter schools.
DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg said that $10 million will help drive 'our work around recognizing, developing and rewarding excellent teaching, which is the single most important factor in improving our students' achievement.'
Now, Colorado school districts give teachers either 'satisfactory' or 'unsatisfactory' ratings on their evaluations, with an overwhelming number of teachers receiving the 'satisfactory' grade."
