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Colorado Celebrates Workforce Development Month


Career-Connected Learning, What Can Educators Learn from Learners and Business
As a proud sponsor of The Attainment Network and CareerWise Colorado’s Career-Connected Education – A Colorado Pathways Conference, Colorado Succeeds facilitated a panel discussion: A Call to Action: What Education Advocates Need to Know from Learners & Business. The panel


Colorado Celebrates Workforce Development Month
According to Colorado’s Talent Pipeline Report in 2022, 91.4% of jobs that pay a wage sufficient to sustain a family require some postsecondary education past a high school diploma. However, the National Skills Coalition estimates that almost half of all


Colorado Succeeds Youth Fellow Shares Student Focus Group Learnings
This winter semester, Colorado Succeeds was incredibly fortunate to have a student fellow from Colorado Youth Congress join our team to conduct focus groups with students from across the metro area. In these focus groups, students discussed their engagement in educational


ForceNow is Developing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Colorado Succeeds is proud to work in partnership with industry-leading businesses investing in creating impactful, in-demand career-connected learning opportunities for Colorado learners. To learn more about this critical topic, we sat down with cybersecurity


Member Meeting Focuses on the Big Blur – A New Model that Blends High School with College and Career
Colorado Succeeds members and partners gathered earlier this month at the Denver Country Club to discuss a new education model gaining momentum both nationally and locally. Joel Vargas, Vice President of Programs for Jobs for the Future and author of


Career-Connected Education: Learnings from the Colorado Pathways Conference
Colorado Succeeds was proud to be the lead sponsor of the recent Career Connected Education – A Colorado Pathways Conference, co-hosted by The Attainment Network and CareerWise Colorado. Members of the Colorado Succeeds team led sessions, heard from experts, and


Path4Ward Advisory Council Brings Dynamic Perspectives
The 2021 passage of the Successful High School Transitions Bill (SB21-106) moved Colorado closer to blurring the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and career by creating the Path4Ward: Early High School Graduate Innovation Program. Path4Ward rewards learners who complete


$90M industry-higher ed grant program releases application timeline
Last week the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), unveiled new details about the Regional Talent Development Initiative Program which allows Colorado to fund both new and proven programs that “seed transformative change” through alignment and collaboration across


State Invests in Career-Connected Learning for Rural Districts
Rural school districts across Colorado have been awarded $15 million through the Colorado Department of Education’s Rural Coaction grant program. This program is designed to “increase student access to and engagement with student career pathways and career-connected learning” through collaborative