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HTI convenes rural education leaders to create new opportunities for students


Calling all Employers and Learning Providers: Apply for the $5M Prize Pool for Workforce Development Solutions
Recently announced, the SyncUp Colorado Challenge is a $5 million prize pool for breakthrough partnerships and solutions that accelerate workforce development efforts for young people ages 12 – 24 and address the skills gap currently impacting business in Colorado. In


Colorado Business Leaders and Voters Agree: We Need Student Assessments in 2021
We don’t have data on how COVID-19 has impacted learning loss in Colorado and that should concern us all. The shutdown of schools caused by the pandemic has resulted in a myriad of challenges for learners, from rising rates


When We Focus on the Opportunity – What Could We Reinvent
Each night I read a few stories to my 4-year old son, Jack. One of our favorites is, “What Do You Do with a Problem,” by Kobi Yamada. In the story, a little boy faces a relentless problem and does


Transforming Education Systems to Make Room for Innovation
There’s much to learn and more work to be done, but CTE is headed in a positive direction, and its future is bright


Creating world-class CTE programs: Five lessons from Colorado
Last week, I explained why career and technical education will make agile learners America’s future, and that maximizing their potential requires CTE that works well for students, employers, and school systems. In my home state of Colorado, we’ve learned a great


The Art of Developing Agile Learners Through CTE
Seventeen-year-old Sandra can’t wait for school to start each day. Perhaps that’s because her school day looks nothing like what most of us envision a classic high school schedule to be. Her morning begins with Advanced Placement calculus, but as


You See It First: Baseline Project Brings Industry and Education Together Under One Roof
Colorado Succeeds members are driving forces of innovation in education, and we’re excited to give you a first look at a new, outside-the-box school model that will bring education and industry partnership to a new level. It’s unlike anything we’ve


Colorado Succeeds Applauds Adoption of Next Generation Science Standards
Madame Chairwoman Schroeder and Members of the Colorado State Board of Education, As a network of business leaders who want to ensure all of Colorado’s children are educated to their greatest potential, Colorado Succeeds is dedicated to the advancement of


Creating & Scaling Innovative Career and Technical Education: 5 Lessons from Colorado
“Why am I learning this? How is this relevant to my future?” In a rapidly-changing economy, our answers to these age-old questions from students are more important than ever.


Education in the Age of Agility
We are in the Age of Agility, an exciting, unsettling time in our nation’s history.