

4 Reasons Why the State Board Vote to Keep HOPE Set a Troubling Precedent
The State Board unanimously voted to keep the Aurora campuses of HOPE Online charter school open despite the local school board’s...


Aurora School Board's Thoughtful Leadership on Charter Schools
Tuesday night Aurora’s Board of Education demonstrated the thoughtful leadership necessary to ensure that Aurora Public Schools begin to...
Aurora's Kids Deserve High-Quality School Choices
Next week Aurora's school board will hear from several hopeful charter leaders who want to open schools that serve Aurora's kids. At the...
What does Fletcher Deserve? Radical Change.
Fletcher Community School has been one of the lowest performing schools in the state of Colorado. Fletcher Community School has a long...
Fletcher to become a charter school?
At the most recent Aurora School Board Meeting, Superintendent Munn made a suggestion that would be a first for APS: replace persistently...
The Latest: APS in the News
As we discussed in the If Not Now report, conversations about improving education have not given sufficient attention to what is going on...


If Not Now in the News
When the If Not Now Report was released in October 2015, the Denver metro area was quick to respond. The report was featured on the front...


A+ Colorado's take on APS innovation plans
APS' innovation zone may offer a chance for dramatic change for Aurora's kids--a dramatic change that kids in Aurora desperately need. A+...


Do APS Innovation School Plans Consider Children With Disabilities?
By Hanni Raley, Director of Systems Advocacy Arc of Aurora | hraley@thearcofaurora.org In October of 2015, Aurora Public Schools (APS)...
Innovations! APS Board Meeting 3/15
For those of you who have not been obsessively following the development of the innovation zone in Aurora Public Schools, here's a quick...