Fear and lies on school reform
A campaign against charter schools in northeast Denver seeks to obstruct reform by scaring parents into keeping the status quo.
POSTED: 10/25/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT
Opponents of school reform in far northeast Denver have launched a campaign of fear-mongering and outright lies to scare parents in Montbello and Green Valley Ranch.
It is a shameful tactic, made even more disgraceful by the support we're told it is getting from a few Denver Public School board members who apparently will do anything to undercut DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg.
DPS has produced a thoughtful blueprint for reforming schools in northeast Denver, using programs and tools that have proven successful in other parts of the city.
DPS board members ought to publicly disavow the misinformation campaign that says charter schools
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