Looking busy vs. creating positive change
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I’ve been talking a lot about the problemswith the process and approach Denver Public Schools has proposed to “turn around” six Far Northeast Denver schools. People are justifiably apprehensive about the impact the changes will have on long-standing school-community relationships. And many of the community members’ questions have gone unanswered by district representatives, especially this one (which resonates nationwide):
You’ve been changing everything all the time, every year. Has anything been given a chance to work, and why should we believe THIS will?
Each time this question emerges, in some form or other, district representatives utter some kind of assurance that they “hear those concerns,” and then they proceed to repeat how bad the test