58 percent of Denver citizens rate Denver Public Schools’ performance as either ‘fair’ or ‘poor’
In a recent survey of Denver residents, Ciruli Associates found that the majority of Denver’s residents believe Denver Public Schools are performing either fair or poor. Overall, 21 percent of those surveyed rank the District’s performance as “poor,” and 37 percent called the district’s performance “fair.” The survey’s statistical range of error is ±4.4 percentage points.
Lead Denver Public Schools reformer leaves district for Chicago
Many will not know the name Noemi Donoso. Donoso led the DPS Office of School Reform and Innovation for just about 10 months, which isn’t a long time, but it appears it was long enough.
On Tuesday, DPS announced that Donoso will become the chief academic officer of Chicago Public Schools. Donoso is the second member of DPS’ senior staff to leave the district in the past 6 weeks. Denver Public Schools Chief of Staff, Amy Friedman, recently left the District to become the executive director of a not-for-profit organization in Fort Collins.
As director of OSRI, Donoso had a reputation for being hard charging and passionate about her work, impressing many in the education community with her ideas and ability to get things done. Unfortunately, not many in the
