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		<title>Off The Clock released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s hope, codified in federal school improvement strategy, is that its worst schools will get better by adding time. Yet, this ignores what we know about turnarounds and what we know about time.]]></description>
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		<title>Off the Clock-Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s hope, codified in federal school improvement strategy, is that its worst schools will get better by adding time.  Yet, this ignores what we know about turnarounds and what we know about time.]]></description>
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		<title>DCTA Bargaining Team invites DPS to engage in student-based collective bargaining</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is adapted from a Power-Point presentation that was presented to the DPS Board and leadership at Thursday night&#8217;s school board meeting. The top goal of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association is student success. To reach that goal, we know we need transformational leadership to empower excellent educators and foster shared accountability among all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student-based reform, or sound-byte reform?</title>
		<link>http://denverclassroom.org/2012/03/15/student-based-reform-or-sound-byte-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DCTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At tonight&#8217;s school board meeting, DCTA Executive Director Carolyn Crowder gave the following speech to the DPS Board of Education. Student-Based Reform or Sound-Byte Reform? The Denver Classroom Teachers Association’s top goal is student success. We understand that in order to increase student success, we must be willing to embrace change. But we don’t want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was Mr. Coors Right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 15 years ago, during my first year as president of the Oklahoma Education Association, I was invited to an NEA state president’s meeting in Denver, Colorado. The CEA president at the time, Beverly Ausphal, hosted the meeting. One of the topics of the meeting was “Learning to Find Common Ground with Business Leaders on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Day settlement talks break down</title>
		<link>http://denverclassroom.org/2012/03/08/extended-day-settlement-talks-break-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DCTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A version of this piece was sent to DCTA members last week. DCTA filed the ELO grievance because we believe DPS is mandating several schools to expand their day without a fair process or fair compensation – and is doing so without bargaining the issue as directed by our contract.   Article 8-2-2 of the Master [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading across Denver</title>
		<link>http://denverclassroom.org/2012/03/07/reading-across-denver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DCTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As educators, we&#8217;re always involved in literacy-building activities, but it&#8217;s especially exciting when our reading time coincides with important initiatives and events! Last Wednesday, DCTA and CEA members took part in kicking off Colorado Literacy Week, and the beginning of the new Colorado Reads Early Literacy Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read Across America comes to Denver!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DCTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DCTA Press Advisory on Read Across America events in Denver For more information contact DCTA at: 303-831-0590 (DCTA office &#8212; ask for Henry Roman or Carolyn Crowder) DENVER &#8211; The Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) will celebrate Read Across America Day, Friday, March 2, at 9:00 a.m. at Archuleta Elementary School (16000 Maxwell Place, Denver). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Release: DCTA Statement on Extending the School Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 31, 2012 For more information contact DCTA at: 303-831-0590 (DCTA office &#8212; ask for Henry Roman or Carolyn Crowder) The Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) filed a class action grievance today with Denver Public Schools (DPS) regarding the mishandling of a process to provide expanded learning opportunities which would extend the school day for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1/19/12 School Board Recap</title>
		<link>http://denverclassroom.org/2012/01/24/11912-school-board-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DCTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At DCTA, we believe in shared accountability for all education stakeholders: educators, District officials, parents, students, and community members. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re stepping up our efforts to help ensure that everyone is informed about important District issues as they affect our schools and classrooms; we want everyone to have the information they need to help [...]]]></description>
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