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Re-Thinking Schools with the Education Secretary

Colorado Succeeds members have a long history of meeting with the nation’s highest education official. Since our founding in 2006, industry and business leaders from our coalition have met with each sitting U.S. Secretary of Education to share a business

Scott Laband September 13, 2017
Rocky Mountain Prep student - Source: E Cryan Photography
Scott Laband

Message from the President: Start With Why

Those of you who know me well, know that I’m a big fan of Simon Sinek and, in particular, his teachings on how great leaders inspire action. If you are unfamiliar with Sinek, I encourage you to check out his

Scott Laband August 27, 2017
Scott Laband

Colorado’s Opportunity for Every Student to Succeed

To the casual observer, federal education law seems abstract and too far removed from Colorado classrooms to have any real impact on our students. That’s not the case with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), recently passed by Congress in

Scott Laband May 3, 2017
Scott Laband

In Defense of Teacher-Evaluation Reform

Originally published in: When Gov. Bill Ritter signed Colorado’s teacher-evaluation framework into law in 2010, he set in motion a powerful transformation of the state’s education system.

Scott Laband April 4, 2017
Scott Laband

Why Technology Can’t Win the Fight Against Fake News On Its Own

Originally published in: With fake internet news and hacked political campaigns in the headlines, teachers, educators, and technology gurus are pondering new pedagogical questions: How will kids discern fact from fiction in the digital age? What is opinion and what

Scott Laband January 13, 2017
St. Vrain students at IBM's summer Innovation Academy
Scott Laband

Social Impact Investing is an Alternative Way to do Good

Originally published in: Investors who are looking to do well for themselves while doing good in the world are getting more options these days, with alternative investments such as private equity becoming the new trend in impact investing.

Scott Laband December 16, 2016
Scott Laband

This 10-Year-Old Kidpreneur Swam on TV’s ‘Shark Tank’

Perhaps you recently watched 10-year-old Jack Bonneau, from Broomfield, Colorado, on ABC-TV’s Shark Tank, show pitching his lemonade stand and marketplace business and picking up a $50,000 low-interest loan from billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca.

Scott Laband December 5, 2016
Scott Laband

Micro-Credentialing in Education Could Lead to Big Job Opportunities

Cybercrime and online terrorism are among the greatest threats facing our nation. Just recently, hackers took down some of the world’s largest websites in a massive denial-of-service attack that swamped the Internet in large sections of the country.

Scott Laband November 15, 2016
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