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Tuesday Churn: DPS losing reform chief

Written by EdNews staff on Apr 18th, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org

Daily Churn logoWhat’s churning:

Denver Public Schools officials announced Monday that the district is losing its chief of school reform and innovation.

Noemi Donoso, who came to the district in the summer of 2010, is leaving DPS to take the position of chief education officer for the Chicago Public Schools. Read the Chicago Tribune story in which Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s mayor-elect, announces that district’s new, and controversial, leadership.

Superintendent Tom Boasberg, in an email to DPS staff, said Donoso would transition to her new post in June.

Boasberg credited Donoso with a number of achievements. They included co-drafting the District Charter Compact focusing on ensuring equity and access for students across the district, working with charter