Durango Herald | December 4, 2017 More students are taking advanced-placement classes at Durango High School, and one of the main reasons is the school’s involvement with a grant program that helps students, the teachers, and the school with equipment, professional development assistance, extra study sessions, mock exams, and even …
Colorado Succeeds and Partners Announce Plan to Supercharge STEM Education in Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2017 DENVER — Colorado Succeeds and key partners, including the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) and mindSpark Learning, are joining forces to significantly expand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education across Colorado. Colorado STEM, a public-private partnership started in 2014, successfully built a diverse coalition of …
Elliott Asp Presents at iNACOL
Educators in New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado and California have embarked on an ambitious journey to fundamentally rethink the roles of assessment in student learning. The entry points are different in each state. Some are led by districts, others by the state. But all share a commitment to richer, deeper assessments …
CEI Announces Design Challenge Series for 2018
November 13, 2017 Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) is connecting people, passion, and possibilities with the expansion of the popular Design Challenge workshop. Originally a component of CEI’s annual Showcase conference, the Design Challenge is a chance for teachers and professionals to work side-by-side to bring teachers’ great ideas to fruition. …
Why the World Needs More Learners
By Paul Beck November 3, 2017 Ask most anyone and they’ll agree today’s world is not like it was 10, 25, or 50 years ago. And the future? It will change in greater degrees, in ways we cannot begin to predict. Those of us invested in education are then left …
District, School Leaders Connect to Explore Student-Centered Pathways
“All systems have to define their own context. Culture and ownership is key. At the same time, similar districts experience similar things—there’s a lot to learn from each other.” –Summit participant November 1, 2017 On October 30, more than 300 district leaders from across Colorado gathered at the Graduation Guidelines …
Educators Meet to Craft Options for Student Success
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 30, 2017 Contact Information: Susan Paulsen 720-502-4734 spaulsen@coloradoedinitiative.org Graduation Guidelines Summit Focuses on Prepping Students for Future Endeavors THORNTON, Colo. – Improving outcomes for all students is important to Colorado educators, and the state’s graduation guidelines were created to pinpoint those outcomes. Now, district leaders are …
Mighty in Presence: The Teacher Innovator at Work
By Amanda Avallone, Education Week | October 20, 2017 5:23 PM Classes are in session right now, so the halls of Thomas B. Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, CO, are empty and nearly silent. From behind the walls of the classrooms we pass, only the rumbling, low tones of the …
CEI Strategy for 2017: A Message from Rebecca Holmes
September 20, 2017 Dear Friends, Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) is proud to be celebrating a decade of partnering with, and learning alongside, Colorado’s K-12 public schools. Along the way, we’ve uncovered opportunities for innovation, made connections locally and nationally, and built strong relationships that have turned into trusted partnerships. We’ve …
Elliott Asp has done it all (pretty much) in Colorado education. Here’s his take on where we stand.
By Marissa Page, Chalkbeat | September 7, 2017 When it comes to Colorado education, Elliott Asp has seen it all. He taught for several decades before serving as assistant superintendent in the Douglas County and Cherry Creek school districts, moved to the Colorado Department of Education and was appointed interim education …