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The newly-announced Dr. Cile Chavez Fellowship has been created to inspire diverse, under-represented education leaders to join the Rural Superintendent Academy and bring their unique perspectives to the helm of Colorado districts. In this Q & A, Dr. Chavez, a retired superintendent, education thought leader, and Boettcher Foundation trustee, shares …
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 …
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 …
By Landon Mascareñaz, CEI Vice President of Community Partnership Right now across Colorado, tens of thousands of families have embarked on a journey they never have taken before: virtual and online learning while being forced to stay inside because of major health issues. The COVID-19 crisis has provoked massive change …
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO I want to confess one of my favorite moments that my role at CEI affords me… someone interested in education, perhaps as a funder, a realtor, or a parent, asks me what’s inspiring to me in our education system across the state. They …
December 3, 2015 CEI’s Next Generation Learning team offers an exciting opportunity for Colorado schools to learn about measuring students’ non-academic skills such as civic, personal, professional, and entrepreneurial competencies. “Schools can no longer focus only on academics. Today, successful students require a broader set of skills,” said Next Generation …
December 3, 2015 CEI and the national LDC organization recently hosted a professional learning workshop for Colorado educators to become trained LDC jurors. “LDC partners and their teachers and coaches deepened their understanding of instructional design as they develop their own local jurying systems and enlist more educators to train …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2015 DENVER, Colo. — More than ever before, middle and high school leaders are helping teachers deliver on Colorado’s vision for Next Generation Learning — an approach that lets students connect with the larger world; learn about careers; work on solving social problems; and develop …
November 4, 2015 CEI delivers Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) training and support to K-12 educators around the state who are asking how they can better help students meet the Colorado Academic Standards. “LDC uses rubrics grounded in the Colorado Academic Standards. It’s a tool that’s been created by teachers for …
September 1, 2015 CEI has launched a new project that aims to increase college readiness and success for Native American students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The Four Corners Native American STEM Pipeline Project provides tribal communities with opportunities to compete for the state’s high-wage, high-skill STEM occupations …
