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A 21St Century School System in the Mile-High City
A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY BY DAVID OSBORNE A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY 2 PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY BY DAVID OSBORNE MAY 2016 PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE 3 A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS David Osborne would like to thank the Walton Family Foundation, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for their support of this work. He would also like to thank the dozens of people within Denver Public Schools, Denver’s charter schools, and the broader education reform community who shared their experience and wisdom with him. Thanks go also to those who generously took the time to read drafts and provide feedback. Finally, David is grateful to those at the Progressive Policy Institute who contributed to this report, including President Will Marshall, who provided editorial guidance, intern Cullen Wells, who assisted with graphs, and Steven K. Chlapecka, who shepherded the manuscript through to publication. 4 PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY TABLE OF CONTENTS A 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY THE DENVER STORY . 2 MEASURING PERFORMANCE: DENVER’S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK . 6 WINNING THE POLITICIAL BATTLE . 10 DELIVERING RESULTS . 11 DENVER’S SCHOOL CHOICE ENVIRONMENT . 12 CHARTER SCHOOLS LEAD THE WAY . 16 INNOVATION SCHOOLS STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY . 18 DENVER’S REMAINING CHALLENGES . 22 DENVER OFFERS A LESSON ON PERFORMANCE PAY . -
Brief of Amici Curiae Colorado Organizations and Individuals in Support of Respondents, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. V
No. 16-111 In the Supreme Court of the United States MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD., ET AL., Petitioners, v. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, ET AL., Respondents. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE COLORADO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS EVAN WOLFSON MELISSA HART LINO S. LIPINSKY DE ORLOV Schaden Chair and PETER Z. STOCKBURGER Professor of Law ERIC Y. WU CRAIG J. KONNOTH Dentons US LLP Associate Professor of Law 1400 Wewatta Street Counsel of Record Suite 700 SCOTT SKINNER-THOMPSON Denver, CO 80202-5548 Associate Professor of Law University of Colorado School of Law 425 Wolf Law Building, 401 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0401 (303) 735-6397 [email protected] Counsel for Amici Curiae i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES....................................iii INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE.....................1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT..................................2 ARGUMENT.............................................................4 I. CADA FULFILLS THE STATE’S COMPELLING INTEREST IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL ITS CITIZENS, INCLUDING LGBT COLORADANS, TO EQUAL DIGNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE BY PROTECTING THEM AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS ........................4 A. LGBT Coloradans have faced a history of demeaning and discriminatory treatment.........4 B. The legislative record of CADA demonstrates that it was amended to address this history of discrimination...........................9 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page II. AN EXPRESSIVE OR RELIGIOUS EXCEPTION TO CADA WOULD SEVERELY UNDERMINE ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS AND SUBJECT LGBT AND, MOST LIKELY, OTHER COLORADANS TO WIDESPREAD DISCRIMINATION ..........................14 A. CADA’s protections reach across a wide array of public and commercial contexts.................................. -
Cold Spells Aren't All
Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO FEBRUARY 2010 Cold Spells Aren’t All Bad The neighborhood gang at the pocket park at East 25th Avenue and Spruce Street launch snowballs from their snow fort during a January cold spell. “It’s OK To Be Nerdy” Dispensary Apparently Drops Stapleton Site Editor’s Note: As the Front Porch was preparing to go to press on January 23, we received the following statement DSST Seniors Talk from Christie Gosch, a spokesperson for Stapleton Against Marijuana Dispensaries, a group recently formed for those concerned with the location of a dispensary near Stapleton about College schools. “We just learned that 5280 Wellness has decided not to open a medical marijuana dispensary at 2373 Cen - tral Park Blvd. We are pleased that they have decided not to locate their facility less than 1,000 feet from DSST.”* Community Voices Concerns about Marijuana Dispensaries By Carol Roberts ost of the people at the January 20 commu - nity meeting on medical marijuana had a Mclear message for the three elected officials who were there—do whatever it takes to prevent mari - juana dispensaries from being closer than 1000 feet to schools and keep dispensaries out of neighborhoods. DSST intern at the Front Porch Bryce Miller interviewed (from left) Aman Adumer, Taylor Gomez, Raven Krueger, Monique Minter, Jose Campos and Bibiana Brame about getting ready for and applying to college. State Senator Chris Romer, City Councilman Michael Hancock and City Councilwoman Carol Boigon were By Bryce Miller, DSST Intern nology. -
2008 Membership Directory Board of Directors and Principal Staff 2 Denver Regional Council of Governments
Denver Regional Council 2008 of Governments Membership Directory Denver Regional Council of Governments 2008 Membership Directory Board of Directors and Principal Staff 2 Denver Regional Council of Governments 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80246-1531 303-455-1000 DRCOG Board of Directors July 2008 Nancy McNally, Chair Ed Peterson, Vice Chair Rod Bockenfeld, Secretary James Taylor, Treasurer Rick Garcia, Immediate Past Chair COUNTIES CITIES AND TOWNS ADAMS COUNTY ARVADA COLUMBINE VALLEY FREDERICK W. R. “Skip” Fischer Aaron Azari Gale Christy Tony Carey County Commissioner Council Member Trustee Trustee ARAPAHOE COUNTY AURORA COMMERCE CITY GEORGETOWN Rod Bockenfeld Bob Broom Scott Jaquth Ernest Dunn County Commissioner Council Member Council Member Selectman BOULDER COUNTY BENNETT DACONO GLENDALE Will Toor Sue Horn Wade Carlson Larry Harte County Commissioner Mayor Mayor Mayor BROOMFIELD, City & County BLACK HAWK DEER TRAIL GOLDEN Dennis McCloskey David Spellman Vacant Jacob Smith Council Member Alderman Mayor Pro Tem EDGEWATER CLEAR CREEK COUNTY BOULDER Andrew Bertapelle GREENWOOD VILLAGE Harry Dale Macon Cowles Council Member Nancy Sharpe County Commissioner Council Member Mayor EMPIRE DENVER, City & County BOW MAR Mike Spies IDAHO SPRINGS John Hickenlooper Mike Ems Trustee Vacant Mayor Trustee ENGLEWOOD LAFAYETTE Rick Garcia BRIGHTON Wayne Oakley Chris Cameron Council Member Janice Pawlowski Council Member Mayor Mayor DOUGLAS COUNTY ERIE LAKEWOOD Melanie A. Worley CASTLE ROCK Cheryl Hauger Ed Peterson County -
Annual Report 2016 Free and Equal Access for All
ANNUAL REPORT 2016 FREE AND EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL. MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP In 2016, customers made four million in-person visits and 13 million online visits to the Denver Public Library, checking out some nine million items. Here are a few more numbers that make our hearts sing: Abby Goodman attended 144 programs at 18 different library locations, and even a few beyond our buildings. We love it that Abby is a super user. Like clockwork, Sandra LaBella spent two hours every Thursday for three months in our SM Energy ideaLAB at the Central Library, learning how to build a website for her physical therapy practice. She credits library staff with teaching her the skills she needed to succeed. Finally, through our Career Online High School program, at age 35, Cory Wicks earned one precious document: a diploma. The father of two admits he made mistakes early in life, but was determined to earn his degree. While juggling two jobs and raising his kids, finding time to study was a challenge. But he persevered. And on a warm September evening, Cory proudly accepted his diploma along with six other graduates in a packed house at the Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Branch Library. The heavy equipment operator hopes to continue his education, perhaps one day becoming a supervisor. It’s a privilege to be part of our customers’ lives and we beam over their successes. In 2016, we also reaffirmed our role in the community as a place for free and equal access, serving and welcoming people from all walks of life. -
Portfolio School Districts Project
Portfolio School Districts Project Better Schools Through Better Politics: The Human Side of Portfolio School District Reform A Working Paper Series by Sam Sperry, with Kirsten Vital and Cristina Sepe Introduction by Paul Hill March 2012 425 Pontius, Suite 410 Seattle, Washington 98109 T: 206.685.2214 F: 206.221.7402 www.crpe.org THE PORTFOLIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROJECT Portfolio management is an emerging strategy in public education, one in which school districts manage a portfolio of diverse schools that are provided in many ways—including through traditional district operation, charter operators, and nonprofit organizations—and hold all schools accountable for performance. In 2009, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) launched the Portfolio School Districts Project to help state and local leaders understand practical issues related to the design and implementation of the portfolio school district strategy, and to support portfolio school districts in learning from one another. A Different Vision of the School District Traditional School Districts Portfolio School Districts Schools as permanent investments Schools as contingent on performance “One best system” of schooling Differentiated system of schools Government as sole provider Diverse groups provide schools Analysis of Portfolio District Practices To understand how these broad ideas play out in practice, CRPE is studying an array of districts (Chicago, Denver, Hartford, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington, D.C.) that are implementing the portfolio strategy. The on-going analysis looks at what these districts are doing on important fronts, including how they attract and retain talent, support school improvement, manage accountability, and re-balance their portfolios by opening and closing schools when needed. -
State Election Results, 2010
Office of SECRETARY OF STATE State of Colorado Scott Gessler, Secretary of State William A. Hobbs, Deputy Secretary of State Judd Choate, Director of Elections Elections Division Office of the Secretary of State 1700 Broadway, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80290 Phone: (303) 894-2200 ext. 6307 2010 ABSTRACT OF VOTES CAST Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary 2010 General To the Citizens of Colorado: The information in this abstract is compiled from material filed by each of Colorado’s 64 county clerk and recorders from the 2010 Primary and 2010 General elections. In 2010, more than 1.8 million Colorado citizens turned out to cast a vote for their government leadership. These votes helped elect a U.S. Senator and seven U.S. Representatives. At the state level, voters elected a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, three state board of education members, three CU regents, 19 state senators, 65 state representatives, a district attorney and other county and local elected leaders. Voters also retained numerous judges and weighed in on nine questions regarding changes to state law. I encourage Colorado citizens to be actively involved in the democratic process—our democratic system of government is only as strong as the participation of its citizens. I hope you find this abstract to be informative. Sincerely, Scott Gessler Colorado Secretary of State ii Table of Contents Office Information ............................................................................................................................................................................................... -
A Stapleton Retrospective
Front Porch Anniversary Issu e– 10 yrs. Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO APRIL 2010 10th Anniversary Issue From the April 2000 Front Porch —“We are building a ‘city A Stapleton within our city’ that we hope will set an impressive standard for smart growth in Colorado and in the nation.” Retrospective Mayor Wellington Webb Mayor John Hickenlooper (left) and Mayor Wellington Webb urbanism planning concept to the redevelopment of the old keep the surrounding communities and city officials apprised of the (right), hold the Green Book (Stapleton’s Development Plan), Stapleton airport. Gary kept the planning process on track progress as development proceeded at Stapleton. Over the years it with Sam Gary at 29th Ave andValentia St. in Stapleton. Sam until it was approved by a 13-0 vote of City Council in 1995. has evolved into a community newspaper and the role of publisher Gary is credited by the three most recent mayors as being the About the 10th anniversary issue: The Front Porch began in has passed to Stapleton residents Carol Roberts and Steve Larson, key community member in Denver who brought the new- April 2000 as a vehicle for Forest City, Inc., as master developer, to who have worked on the paper since its first issue. By Carol Roberts o piece together the story of how the Stapleton we Stapleton’s Library Takes Another Step Forward know today came to be, the Front Porch interviewed Tthe people who were a part of the historic events that brought us to where we are today. -
Colorado Residentail Property Owners and Their Cloudy Right to Precipitation Capture
Tulsa Law Review Volume 46 Issue 2 Geoengineering Winter 2010 Colorado Residentail Property Owners and their Cloudy Right to Precipitation Capture Ryan S. Hansen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Ryan S. Hansen, Colorado Residentail Property Owners and their Cloudy Right to Precipitation Capture, 46 Tulsa L. Rev. 323 (2013). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tlr/vol46/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Law Review by an authorized editor of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Hansen: Colorado Residentail Property Owners and their Cloudy Right to Pr COLORADO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR CLOUDY RIGHT TO PRECIPITATION CAPTURE A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order. 1. INTRODUCTION Until July 1, 2009, all Colorado citizens faced fines and jail time for capturing precipitation on their residential property.2 In April 2009, however, Colorado's governor signed into law two statutes that incrementally deviated from the State's traditional appropriation system of water rights by permitting a certain class of residential landowners to use precipitation that collects on their rooftops. Colorado's unique water laws and the statute's passage garnered plenty of national attention in two of the country's largest newspapers and on one of the nation's most listened to radio programs.4 These new laws now permit a certain class of Colorado residential landowners to capture precipitation on their property before it collects into the State's groundwater or surface water supply by giving less deference to the water rights doctrine of prior appropriation. -
The Campaign for Colorado Law's Future
MICUS A SPRING 2013 Action Plan Scholarships The Campaign Loan Repayment Assistance For Colorado Professorships Core Programs Law’s Future UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL 550678906789 UCUC AAMICUS3.inddMICUS3.indd 2 33/15/13/15/13 22:18:18 PMPM The Campaign for Colorado Law’s Future 3 6 10 2 LETTER FROM DEAN PHIL WEISER 10 Loan 3 HUMAN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Repayment 5 ACTION PLAN Assistance 6 Scholarships 10 GLOVER 11 SCHULTZ 7 GARG, STILLER-SCHULMAN 8 BARASH SCHOLARSHIP Electronic copies of Amicus are available at www.colorado.edu/law/alumni. Inquiries regarding content contained herein may be addressed to: Colorado Law, ATTN: Amicus, 401 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 or [email protected]. 550678906789 UCUC AAMICUS3.inddMICUS3.indd 3 33/15/13/15/13 22:18:18 PMPM Amicus Volume XXIX, Number 1 Spring 2013 12 14 26 12 Professorships 14 Core Programs 12 BERNTHAL, MENDELSON 14 GETCHES-WILKINSON CENTER 13 HATFIELD 18 SILICON FLATIRONS CENTER 19 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 20 WHITE CENTER Editing: Keri Ungemah and Vicki Czech Writing: Hannah Bracamonte, Katy Brown, Surbhi Garg, A. Tyrone 21 FACULTY, STAFF Glover, Therese Kerfoot, Madelaine Maior, Laura McNabb, Laurie Rust, Mary Beth Searles, Marcia Segall, Ari Stiller-Shulman, Keri Ungemah, Phil Weiser, and Charles Wilkinson 22 NEWS Design and Production: Sa! ron Park Photography: Glenn Asakawa, Casey A. Cass, Patrick Campbell, 24 HONOR ROLL George Bloom, Laura McNabb, and Madeline Tyo Printing: D&K Printing 26 ALUMNI 550678906789 UCUC AAMICUS3.inddMICUS3.indd 4 33/15/13/15/13 22:18:18 PMPM DEAN’S LETTER A Winning Strategy t orientation this year, we asked every incoming student to read ! e Start-up of You (by LinkedIn founder Reid Ho! man) and to watch the movie Moneyball in preparation for a small group discussion. -
Senate Journal-1St Day-January 12, 2011 Page 1 SENATE JOURNAL 1
Senate Journal-1st Day-January 12, 2011 Page 1 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Sixty-eighth General Assembly 2 STATE OF COLORADO 3 First Regular Session 4 5 6 1st Legislative Day Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7 8 9 10 Prayer By the chaplain, Rabbi Steven Foster, Congregation Temple Emmanuel, Denver. 11 12 Call to By the President at 10:00 a.m. 13 Order 14 15 Presentation By University of Colorado Navy ROTC Color Guard. 16 of Colors 17 & 18 Pledge 19 of Allegiance 20 21 Musical By Longmont High School Choir, director Jackie Laughlin. 22 Presentation 23 24 Recitation of David Mason, Poet Laureate of the State of Colorado. 25 Poetry 26 27 Call to Order The hour of 10:00 a.m. having arrived, the Senate of the 68th General Assembly of the 28 State of Colorado, pursuant to law, was called to order by Senator Brandon C. Shaffer, 29 President of the Senate of the 67th General Assembly, State of Colorado. 30 31 Roll Call The roll call of the holdover Senators was called with the following result: 32 Present -- Bacon, Boyd, Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Heath, Hodge, Hudak, King K. Mitchell, 33 Newell, Scheffel, Spence, Williams S., and President. 34 35 ____________ 36 37 38 LETTER OF RESIGNATION 39 40 41 May 5, 2010 42 43 President Brandon Shaffer 44 Colorado State Capitol 45 202 E. Colfax 46 Denver, CO 80203 47 48 Dear President Shaffer, 49 50 It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve the State of Colorado and its citizens for the 51 past eight years as the Senator from district. -
COMPLAINT LOG – CAMPAIGN and POLITICAL FINANCE (CPF) NOTE: BEGINNING JUNE 29, 2010, COMPLAINTS ARE LOGGED in the TRACER SYSTEM, AT
COMPLAINT LOG – CAMPAIGN and POLITICAL FINANCE (CPF) NOTE: BEGINNING JUNE 29, 2010, COMPLAINTS ARE LOGGED IN THE TRACER SYSTEM, AT HTTP://TRACER.SOS.COLORADO.GOV . Matthew Azer, Director & Chief Judge Colorado Office of Administrative Courts 633 17 th Street, Suite 1300 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 866-2000 SOS ALJ FILING FILING COMPLAIN- RESPONDENT SUBJECT CASE NUMBER/ DISPOSITION DATE DATE ANT STATUS 1. 1/28/00 1/28/00 Cheryl St. John Arvada City Alleged violations of the FCPA: OS 2000 -1 9/20/00 – Agency Decision Granting Respondent’s Council Alleges local government entity Renewed Motion To Dismiss: because Complaint fails to expended public funds to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under the influence vote on a particular FCPA, action dismissed ballot issue 10/20/01 – Complaint dismissed 10/26/01 – Summons re: Amended and supplemented complaint received. Case no. 2000-CV-6953 2. 6/28/00 7/17/00 Wendy Semin Edwina Treybig, Alleged violations of the FCPA: OS 20 00 -2 10/19/00 – Complaint fails to state a claim upon which Littleton Prep Violations of Sec. 1-45- relief may be granted under the FCPA, therefore it is Charter School 117(1)(a)(I) C.R.S. (2000) – Agency Decision that action be dismissed Governing Board paying for and distributing fliers urging parents of students to take a position regarding legislation pending before General Assembly 3. 7/21/00 7/21/00 Martha Hill Citizen’s Victory Alleged violations of the FCPA: OS 2000 -3 12/8/00 – Respondent’s Motion for summary judgment Kreutz Fund Inc – Frank violations of Section 1-45-101 et granted.