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Friday, May 28, 2010

School's out, but should it be? - The Denver Post

School's out, but should it be? - The Denver Post
School's out, but should it be? 5But experts say extended school year would avoid "summer slide"05/28/2010Smiling Asbury Elementary students hugged one another, stuffed their backpacks and barely contained their excitement as the final minutes of school came to an end Thursday.
Students' cheating takes a high-tech turn 7405/27/2010 - Six Golden High School students were caught cheating on a chemistry final last week, forcing the school to make all 100 students enrolled in the course take the exam again before summer break begins next week.

Data may help DPS improve regional outcomes05/25/2010 - School officials are parsing data to try to figure out why educational outcomes for Denver Public Schools students are inconsistent from region to region.