By Audrey Armitage, Education Week | June 17, 2015 Nearly 50 schools across the country will receive $25 million in funding to help further their personalized learning efforts, Next Generation Learning Challenges announced Wednesday. The education accelerator launched the Regional Funds project in 2014 in partnership with CityBridge Foundation, The …
Point of View: Tory Bruno
By Tory Bruno, President and CEO-United Launch Alliance | Change the Equation | June 2015 United Launch Alliance (ULA) is constantly innovating, striving to improve our existing spaceships and developing new launch systems to enable space-based capabilities for our global community and society. As America’s ride to space, we take our …
Northridge, Greeley Central Have Gains in AP Test-Takers
By: Tyler Silvy The Greeley Tribune November 21, 2014 Northridge and Greeley Central high schools have nearly doubled the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses since 2008, and those schools’ gains have come largely thanks to their ability to close the gap with student populations that are traditionally underrepresented …
Nonprofit Program Expands Access to AP Courses
Nelson Garcia 9News November 20, 2014 The Colorado Education Initiative celebrates increasing access to Advanced Placement classes to more diverse students. DENVER – Brett Butera teaches his dream class at Thomas Jefferson High School thanks to a government grant and nonprofit program aimed at getting more diverse students into Advanced …
Push for STEM Education in Colorado Gathers Steam
By: L. Wayne Hicks Denver Business Journal October 31, 2014 Kathy Norton gave a perfect example Friday morning of how an innovative partnership is helping her students at Arvada High School embrace the subjects collectively known as STEM — an acronym that refers to science, technology, engineering and math. The …
DHS Celebrates Students’ Advanced Placement Success
Delta County Independent September 25, 2014 On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Delta High School students, staff, and community will celebrate academic successes from the 2013-2014 school year. Last school year, enrollment in the Advanced Placement (AP) program at Delta High experienced a 470 percent increase, largely due to the school receiving …
Colorado Experiment to Move Beyond Grade Levels Taps Into Larger Ed Movement
By: Stephanie Paige Ogburn Community Radio for Northern Colorado September 9, 2014 A few years ago, a school district in Colorado did away with grade levels – instead of being a kindergartner, a third grader, or a sixth grader, students began to be defined by how much they knew. Starting …
Q&A with Tim Jones, President of Innovative Support Services and Analytics Consulting
By: Charise Simpson The Gazette September 17, 2014 Tim Jones’ path to president of an advanced data analytics and systems engineering consulting firm started early on, when he joined the Navy right out of high school to become an electronic warfare technician. Jones, who grew up in North Carolina, worked …
Colorado Springs Company Honored for it’s Support of STEM Education
By: Debbie Kelley The Gazette September 4, 2014 A Colorado Springs-based defense contractor is one of seven companies across the state to be recognized for its leadership and financial contributions in helping develop science, technology, engineering and math fields, or STEM, for students. The Colorado Education Initiative recently honored ISSAC, …
State Leaders Release Colorado STEM Education Roadmap
Colorado Innovation Network September 2, 2014 Expert Panel Discusses Preparing Today’s Learners for Colorado’s Growing STEM Economy DENVER, CO – The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) brought together nearly 275 business executives, state leaders, and education stakeholders for an expert panel discussion focused on developing local talent in science, technology, engineering, …