Charter Schools, Privatization Agendas, & the Denver School District Takeover
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My guest for this episode is Mike DeGuire. Mike was a principal in Denver, Colorado for 12 years, where he witnessed privatization agendas play out that led to half of the Denver School District being taken over by charter schools.
As a researcher, public education advocate, and member of Advocates for public education policy, he’s spent the last few years pushing for major changes to the Denver school district and the state of Colorado.
We had a great conversation about the privatization movement and how students are being harmed by it. I found a lot of similarities between Denver and CCSD and Mike shared some connections to Nevada that I did not know about. So get your pencils ready…
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Mike DeGuire, Ph.D. is an executive coach for school leaders in Denver, and he serves on the board of Advocates for Public Education Policy. He has been a teacher, district level reading coordinator, and a principal in the Denver metro area for most of his education career. He also worked as a leadership consultant for several national education organizations, and as an educator effectiveness specialist with the Colorado Department of Education. He blogs periodically at http://medium.com/@jfiske80.
*Mike’s Last name is pronounced “De Gear”
*Denver has 1/4 “charter” schools and 1/4 “innovation” schools
Charter Schools, Privatization Agendas, & the Denver School District Takeover