May 2, 2017 By Rebecca Holmes | President and Chief Executive Officer, CEI Friday marked the two-month countdown to CEI’s 2017 Showcase: Design the Future, taking place in Keystone, June 28-30. I couldn’t attend Showcase last year, but followed the event on Twitter and knew I was missing out on …
Prepping Native Students for College, Workforce
By Sacha Smith, The Southern Ute Drum | March 17, 2017 On Wednesday, March 15 a community outreach event was held at the Ignacio High School to introduce the American Indian Measurable Success (AIMS) initiative. The initiative is focused on improving college and workforce readiness of Native American students in …
Colorado Students Demonstrate ‘Next Generation Learning’
Pagosa Daily Post | April 13, 2017 A contingent of education professionals from throughout the country recently visited Colorado to participate in a Next Generation Learning tour. Their mission: See firsthand what a classroom looks like where students take charge of their learning, then travel home with ideas for moving …
Colorado Students Demonstrate Next Generation Learning
A contingent of education professionals from throughout the country recently visited Colorado to participate in a Next Generation Learning tour. Their mission: See firsthand what a classroom looks like where students take charge of their learning, then travel home with ideas for moving learning forward in a new way. On …
Before Rethinking Assessment, Rethink Professional Learning
By Tony Siddall, Education Week | March 28, 2017 What is assessment, really? Having worked in and with schools for more than fifteen years, I thought I basically understood: assessment is how we measure what students know and can do. But a year of learning with the innovative educators of …
Foundations Commit $140,000 to Colorado STEM Education
Pagosa Daily Post | March 29, 2017 STEM Champions Gill Foundation and Ball Corporation today announced they will commit $140,000 to support Colorado STEM. Colorado STEM is a strategy of The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI). Read more
Cotopaxi Receives Healthy School Award
The Mountain Mail | March 17, 2017 Cotopaxi School received statewide recognition March 3 in Denver as one of 46 2017 Healthy School Champions and also won the $500 Excellence Award for the school’s health efforts. Read more
Akron and Otis Schools named Healthy School Champions
Akron News Reporter | March 1, 2017 Both the Akron and Otis school districts were recently announced as 2017 Healthy School Champions, each winning a Promising and Excellence School Award for their school health efforts. Read more
Saguache’s MVS Among Healthiest Schools in Colorado
Saguache Today | March 1, 2017 Mountain Valley School (MVS)announced it was one of 46 schools named as a 2017 Healthy School Champion last week. This Friday, March 3, MVS will receive $500 Excellence Award for school health efforts. Read more
Rural Routt County Districts Among Top in State for Promoting Student Health
By Teresa Ristow, Steamboat Pilot & Today | February 28, 2017 Staff at Routt County’s rural Hayden and South Routt school districts have ramped up efforts to improve student health — leading to recognition and prize money from a nonprofit that works with the Colorado Department of Education. Read more