by Andrew Lefkowits | Mar 1, 2020 | Desegregation, Equity, School Choice
Originally published on March 1st, 2020 in the Greater Park Hill News Education Change Cannot Come From Policies Alone By Park Hill Neighbors For Equity In Education While the arrival of a new year is usually accompanied by feelings of hope and possibility, this new...
by Margaret Fogarty | Feb 3, 2020 | DPS Policy, School Choice
Originally published on February 3rd, 2020 in the Greater Park Hill News. It’s A Good Time To Reflect On Equity Imbalances By Margaret Fogarty Margaret Fogarty It’s the peak of school choice season and many Denver Public Schools parents are getting ready to submit...
by Erin Pier | Nov 28, 2019 | DPS Policy, Equity, School to Prison Pipeline
Originally published on Nov 28th, 2019 in the Greater Park Hill News. The Inequities Of Zero Tolerance If you’ve happened upon my column over the past year in these pages, then you may already know I’m a Stedman parent and an active participant in Park Hill...
by Erin Pier | Nov 3, 2019 | PHNEE Events, School Choice, SPF
Originally published in The Greater Park Hill News on Nov 2nd, 2019 Video Highlights Inequities In Park Hill For nearly two years, Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education has been hard at work, listening, learning, illuminating inequities in our...
by Erin Pier | Oct 1, 2019 | Equity
Originally published in the Greater Park Hill News on Oct 1st, 2019 We Must Do What It Takes To Make That Happen There are brilliant changemakers among us, right here in the Greater Park Hill neighborhood. There are fearless leaders who will impact the world with...
by Erin Pier | Sep 2, 2019 | Anti-racism, Equity
Originally published in the Greater Park Hill News on Sept 2nd, 2019. How Our Education System Fuels Implicit Bias Very few people openly identify as sexist, racist, or homophobic. In fact, many will loudly proclaim their support for marginalized groups while...
by Erin Pier | Aug 1, 2019 | DPS Policy, Equity, School Choice
Originally published in The Greater Park Hill News on August 1st, 2019. Imagine a young family lives at 29th and Jasmine. During the school year, they often hear the sound of laughter emanating from the playground at Hallett Academy, the school just across the street....
by Erin Pier | Jul 1, 2019 | PHNEE Events
Originally published in The Greater Park Hill News on July 1st, 2019. May 23 Was A Day To Remember In the April edition of the Greater Park Hill News, we shared with you an overview of our organization, Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education (PHNEE) – including...
by Laura Lefkowits | Jun 4, 2019 | Desegregation, Equity
Originally published in Greater Park Hill News on June 3rd, 2019 Studies Show Students Benefit From Tolerance and Cross-Cultural Understanding, Yet Denver Schools More Segregated Than Ever By Laura Lefkowits, For the GPHN Circa 1970, students standing in line...
by Andrew Lefkowits | May 30, 2019 | PHNEE Events
The PHNEE resources committee held the first annual One Park Hill day last week. We brought all of the 3rd graders from Hallett, Park Hill Elementary, Smith and Stedman to the Smiley campus for a day of fun and community building. Before arriving, all kids received a...