Kit Carson: Colorado’s First Innovation District?
Empowered by a 2008 law, Colorado schools and districts can apply for Innovation status to operate free from many state laws and regulations. Superintendent Gerald Keefe explains why his 100-student Kit Carson School District is seeking the State Board of Education’s approval to become Colorado’s first district of innovation (several individual Innovation Schools already exist). On the table is a proposal that would open up Kit Carson to non-licensed teachers, remove tenure as a career-long guarantee and adopt a locally-tailored instructional evaluation system.
Posted by ben
on Feb 1st, 2011 and filed under Podcasts, Teachers, Tenure.
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[...] district’s innovation proposal. This wouldn’t surprise you at all if you listened to one of the newest podcasts produced by my Education Policy Center friends, in which Keefe explains why he believes his rural [...]
[...] To get the full scoop on Kit Carson’s proposal, you can go back and read what I wrote back in February or listen to a podcast with Kit Carson superintendent Gerald Keefe. [...]
[...] To get the full scoop on Kit Carson’s proposal, you can go back and read what I wrote back in February or listen to a podcast with Kit Carson superintendent Gerald Keefe. [...]