By Nelson Garcia, 9News | July 13, 2016 Life on the reservation can be difficult for students. Poverty and other issues are prevalent. But, a teacher in Durango believes teens’ lives can be changed by offering a new class. “Really, just all kids, girls and boys from all socio-economic levels, …
Looking forward, back at school year
By Karen Quanbeck, Jeffco Schools, Golden Transcript | July 12, 2016 In many of our schools, students are enjoying more project-based learning, hands-on projects that require working in small groups and solving messy problems. Small groups of educators from Wheat Ridge are attending conferences across the state to learn from …
Three Ways to Fix District PD—Tap Internal Talent, Analyze Your Data Footprint, and Listen
By Karen Johnson, EdSurge.com | July 11, 2016 Last fall, Mancos worked with the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) to conduct a “readiness assessment” of its ability to support and train educators to adopt the new tool. Using a collaborative process, facilitators met with school leaders and teachers to tease out the …
STEM Mentorship Pilot Announced, Applications Accepted Through Aug. 13
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | July 6, 2016 The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin are donating their time, talent, and financial resources to Colorado middle school classrooms. At the 2016 CEI Showcase, these two CEI Colorado STEM Champions announced the launch of a STEM mentorship pilot in a partnership …
STEM Design Challenge Puts Business Mentors and Money into Colorado Classrooms
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | July 2, 2016 It started with a three-day challenge for Colorado educators to show off their most creative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) projects to colleagues and industry professionals — and ended with three talented educators’ projects each receiving over $2,000 …
AP summer institute lends teachers support, training for increased student success
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | June 28, 2016 More than half of U.S. high school students who show the potential to succeed in rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) coursework never enroll. Yet, research shows that high school students who take AP classes are far more likely to go …
“I Found Encouragement and Momentum…” Apply by July 12 for Fall 2016 School Retool!
June 8, 2016 When Poudre High School Principal Kathy Mackay signed up for CEI’s first School Retool, a one-of-a-kind leadership fellowship, she thought she would learn more about design thinking and project-based learning, but she walked away with much more. “I found encouragement and momentum,” said Mackay. “It was a …
Leroy Williams elected to Daniels Fund board of directors
YourHub – Denver Post | June 1, 2016 The Daniels Fund is pleased to announce that Leroy J. Williams, Jr. has been elected to serve on its board of directors. The Daniels Fund, established by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, is a private charitable foundation dedicated to making life better …
Creating Colorado’s Talent Pipeline
Denver’s Money Talk 1860AM | May 17, 2016 As a Colorado Business Roundtable partner agency, Colorado Workforce Development Council joins us once a month to discuss growth and progress of our state’s talent pipeline and developing a strong workforce in a program we call, “Creating Colorado’s Talent Pipeline”, with guest host Stephanie …
Groups partner to offer student activities training
Steamboat Today | April 29, 2016 RMC Health, the Colorado Department of Education and The Colorado Education Initiative are partnering to present a training session for school-level staff to foster healthy student choices outside the classroom, according to a news release. Read more