Report on "innovation" status in Denver shows mostly positive school cultures
The first report from a three-year study of Denver's innovation schools could lead to more in-depth research and more pointed work as the district grants innovation status to more schools.
"As with any good study, this study raises as many questions as it answers," said Van Schoales, executive director of the independent advocacy group A-Plus Denver.
"The power of this study is that it will be much easier to tease out how this tool has been helpful," Schoales said.
Innovation status, a designation under state statute, allows schools to have more autonomy with hiring, budgets and curriculum, and freedom from some union rules.
The research began in 2010 and is being conducted by the University of Colorado but is being led and paid for by a partnership of Denver Public Schools, the Colorado Education Association,
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