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New DPS Schools Outperform Redesigns

DENVER (Denver Business Journal) - Denver Public Schools has opened 36 new schools in the past five years in the quest to improve student achievement, but a new report says not all types of new schools are performing equally well.

In "Great Expectations, Mixed Results," released Monday by the Donnell-Kay Foundation, report author Alex Ooms focused on student academic growth to compare the new schools to district averages at similar grade levels and to each other.

Read more on the website of CBS4 partner the Denver Business Journal.

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