The following message was sent to the Jeffco Public Schools community and staff, following the announcement of 14 Denver-metro districts that we would be closed to in-person instruction for the remainder of this school year. Today was a hard day. While many already expected that in-person learning would not be happening for the rest of […]
Read More A Hard DayI delivered these remarks to the Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education at the 4.02.2020 regular meeting. Thank you, Madam President. Exactly 3 weeks ago, school districts in much of Colorado (including Jeffco Public Schools) made the difficult decision to close our schools to in-person learning. Since that time, I am pleased to report that […]
Read More Statement to the Board of Education on the COVID-19 ResponseDuring this remote learning period, one of the technical challenges that needs to be handled is that of accounting for attendance. While it is necessary that schools develop some mechanism for this, there are multiple possible ways of solving the problem. I believe there are two approaches to this that schools might consider and we […]
Read More Attendance, Synchronous, and Asynchronous LearningThis message was distributed to Jeffco Public Schools’ staff on 3.13.2020, in response to the announcement of an extended school closure for students due to the coronavirus. Dear Colleagues, I want to begin by expressing my deep appreciation for your professionalism, work ethic, and patience as we navigate these unprecedented waters as a school system […]
Read More Grace Under PressureLast month, I attended an event where New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman spoke. Friedman asked an important and thought provoking question, “What would we be talking about, if we weren’t talking about Donald Trump?” Friedman’s point was that there are a number of important issues with which our community, the country, and the world should be […]
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