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Innovating and Launching More Equitable Pathways in Colorado


HTI convenes rural education leaders to create new opportunities for students
The Homegrown Talent Initiative (HTI) works alongside schools, businesses, and local communities across rural Colorado to generate career-connected learning for students and encourage collaboration and economic growth. What began in 2019 as eight communities across the state engaged in


Yampa Valley School Districts Awarded $1M RISE Grant
DENVER – The school districts of Hayden and South Routt have been awarded a $1,050,500 Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) grant from Governor Polis’ Emergency Education Relief Fund. These Northwest Colorado districts are addressing their economic and educational equity


Homegrown Talent Initiative Exemplar Cañon City Shares COVID-19 Response Insights
Cañon City Schools – Homegrown Talent Initiative exemplar and 2019 Winner of The Succeeds Prize for Excellence in STEM Education – shared early strategies and lessons learned from their rural district’s response efforts one month since COVID-19 disrupted our schools


Reimagining High School in Rural Colorado
Community-Driven, Work-Based Learning Programs Create New Opportunities for Students in Cañon City With the right local leaders in education, business, and the community, schools across Colorado can create innovative programs that better prepare students for an uncertain future and equip


Meet the Finalists: Excellence in Technology-Enabled Learning
Colorado Succeeds received more than 50 applications from schools and district administrators across the state to compete for the $15,000 prize for demonstrating Excellence in Education. Guided by the Vision 2030 Framework, all programs had to stack-up against the critical


Great Schools are Good Business: Encouraging Innovation in Education
Every year, Colorado Succeeds brings together members and their colleagues, policymakers, and partners to share our progress and hear from top leaders who have a pulse on how our education system must evolve. View the highlights below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJ5bjWyJE0 Click here


The Benefits of Work-Based Learning: A Conversation with Mark Tapy
Colorado Succeeds sits down for a conversation with Mark Tapy, Apprenticeship Program Manager with Pinnacol Assurance, to learn more about how work-based learning can benefit business. Colorado Succeeds: Thank you for sitting down with us Mark. We are really excited


The Business Perspective: Innovative School Models and What We Can Do to Support More
Colorado Succeeds and our STEM Champions Network recently visited STEM School Highlands Ranch, a high-performing K-12 charter school in the Douglas County School District. Read below to hear what they saw, why it matters, and what we can do to


What the Fastest Improving State in the Country for Education Can Teach Colorado
When Colorado Succeeds took 33 statewide business and civic leaders on a delegation visit to Tennessee last fall, our objective was to inspire the participants and prompt some new thinking.


STEM Champions Take STEM in Colorado to a New Level
2017 was a year of tremendous growth and increased impact for STEM education in Colorado. We’re excited to bring you up to speed on our new partnerships and our 2017 accomplishments that helped to increase STEM education and experiences for