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Growing Together Podcast
The Douglas County School District Growing Together Podcast, bringing our community together through meaningful conversation. Hosted by Erica Mason. Erica will talk to leaders, educators, specialists and community members about topics that matter to you…. […]
Chiefs for Change ESSER Planning Workbook
Districts are now faced with a “once in a lifetime” funding opportunity to advance student achievement; the time is now to get this right. This is an opportunity for staff and the community to generate… […]
Advancing Summer Opportunities to Stem Pre-K – 5 Learning Loss and Accelerate High School Engagement
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life around the globe for the last year for families and children, especially for those furthest from opportunity. Intuitively, we know children need targeted support to address the short- and… […]
Colorado School District Needs Inventory: Fall 2020
As a follow-up to the spring 2020 statewide needs assessment, The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) partnered on a second needs inventory administered from October 14 to October 30,… […]
Colorado School District Needs Inventory: April 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colorado Department of Education administered the district and charter needs inventory from late March to early April. Superintendents, BOCES directors, and charter and approved facility school leaders were… […]
Rights, Respect, Responsibility Sex Ed Curriculum – Google Classroom English and Spanish
Our popular and free 3Rs curriculum available in three grade bands in Google Classroom has just been translated into Spanish. If you’re teaching high school, 8th grade or Grades 5/6 and have Spanish-speaking learners, you’re… […]
What the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Means for Education Equity
CEI partnered with The Education Trust to better understand what the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 means for education equity. This detailed explanation of Colorado funding allocations includes how funding can be used, strategies… […]
Turnaround for Children Toolbox
The Turnaround for Children Toolbox is an online hub for science-grounded ideas and resources that empower educators—including teachers, school and district leaders, student support staff, and many others—to embed an equitable whole-child purpose into our… […]
FAFSA Resources for Educators
Colorado students received more than $1.5 billion in financial aid for the 2020-21 school. My Colorado Journey has published a toolkit to help students get their piece of the pie for 2021-22 through submission of… […]
Mental Health Education Literacy Resource Bank
The mental health education literacy resource bank is a product of Colorado’s Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention Act (HB 19-1120), which includes programs that are evidence-based, research-based, or promising programs. In order to… […]
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