By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO These past six months have been some of the toughest we’ve ever undertaken in education. When I started my career in education, if you had asked me to imagine all that we are going through, I would have never visualized this. When I …
Parents as Essential Partners in Pivoting their Child’s Education & Fostering Remote Learning
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO As a mother, educator, former associate state education commissioner, and CEO of the nonprofit Colorado Education Initiative, I have a unique vantage point to the home, classroom, and school. I deeply empathize with the severe stress and anxiety facing students, parents, teachers, and …
Homegrown Talent Initiative Awards $750,000 for Program Implementation
Career-Connected Learning Opportunities Rooted in Rural Communities For the past year, rural communities across Colorado have been working on setting a new vision for their students and local economies. Community design teams made up of superintendents, business leaders, educators, students, and community members have spent countless hours working with Colorado …
CEI and Partners Launch Systemic Supports for Educators in Historic Education Crisis
To support districts and schools to address the serious disparities in the reopening of our education system and the crisis-level disruption of traditional learning systems, today the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) announces the Strategic Reopening Collaborative and the Reconnected Learning Hub. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our education structures, first …
Where We Go From Here
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO These past few months have presented some of the most challenging and confronting circumstances we have experienced collectively in our society in the last several decades. Those of you who work with us know that we stand on the side of those who …
Note from CEO Rebecca Holmes
The following post is an excerpt from an internal message to the CEI team that we would like to share publicly . By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO As many of you know, this isn’t the first time I’ve felt like I needed to share thoughts to address important …
The Class of 2020 Represents the Heroic Work of Students, Families, Educators
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO Every May and June across Colorado we get to watch something really exciting – students graduating and transitioning to the next stage of their life. This time has always been one to reflect on the previous year, what is happening next, and how …
Colorado Classroom Project Expands Access to Literacy Instruction
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO I wanted to break our regular cycle of end-of-month newsletters to share some really important news with you. As a parent of younger children, I’ve experienced first-hand the challenges this pandemic has put into the hands of parents in Colorado. I realize that …
New Partnership with RMPBS to Offer K-3 “Read With Me at Home” Programming
Beginning May 18, Rocky Mountain Public Media will provide remote learning programming for K-3 children and their families as taught by Statewide School District Master Teachers. DENVER — Governor Jared Polis, the Colorado Department of Education, and the Colorado Education Initiative are partnering with Rocky Mountain Public Media (RMPBS, KUVO JAZZ, …
What’s Needed… and What’s Next
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO This has been a tough, turbulent, and challenging month for communities in Colorado. It’s been inspiring to see Coloradans across our state work together to solve the urgent challenges related to this pandemic and the dramatic changes it’s brought to our school systems. …