Enrollment drops but Denver schools keep growing administration
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
Denver Public Schools administrative bloat -- with some interesting counterpoint
The Gazette article linked first below touches on a subject that I’ve written about multiple times. It’s administrative bloat in schools.
It seems as though DPS has gotten its ranks of administrators while at the same time enrollment has fallen. This pattern also seems to be playing out in school districts around the state. Quoting (with link intact) from the article:
“This finding [that DPS is beefing up administration while student numbers fall] mirrors a statewide trend identified in a report by the Common Sense Institute (CSI) that found Colorado school districts continued to grow their administrative staff despite declin...


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