Van Schoales Joins Keystone Policy Center as Senior Policy Director Van Schoales, the former president of A+ Colorado and a founding partner of Education Civil Rights Now, has joined the Keystone Policy Center as a senior policy director. Schoales will support and advise Keystone’s Center for Education Policy (CFEP) clients and [...]
Recommendations Detailed in Keystone, PEBC ESRII Report Signed Into Law Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law SB21-185, Supporting Educator Workforce In Colorado, June 16 at a signing ceremony at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood. The bill dedicates more than $13 million for educator programs, many of which [...]
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Keystone Policy Center Launch RISE Education Initiative Millie Hamner and Ernest House, Jr. tour the Higher Education Lab for the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe hosted a community launch of a Tribal education initiative May 25-26 that will develop an academic [...]
Reimagining Education After COVID-19 More than 80 education system leaders and stakeholders participated in the Education System Resiliency and Innovation Initiative (ESRII) to develop new approaches to improve teacher support and better prepare students in the wake of COVID-19. Keystone Policy Center (KPC) and the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC), [...]
Keystone Policy Center, PEBC Publish Recommendations to Improve Teacher Support, Usher Education System Change Following COVID-19 Disruption Keystone Policy Center (KPC) and the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) published a comprehensive report Feb. 9 detailing a set of 16 recommendations aimed at strengthening teacher support and initiating system-level change. The [...]
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Receives Grant for Education Initiative Colorado Governor Jared Governor Polis announced Jan. 25 that a charter school initiative for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will receive a grant from the Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) Fund. "This pandemic has forced us to face unimaginable challenges. What [...]
Keystone Policy Center, PEBC Launch Initiative to Increase Education System Resiliency Keystone Policy Center (KPC) and the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) announced Monday the launch of the Education System Resiliency and Innovation Initiative (ESRII). The initiative assembles education system leaders, educators, government officials, and stakeholders from within and outside [...]
K-12 Education During and After COVID-19 The rapid adjustment school districts, teachers, administrators and parents had to make as a result of COVID-19 was a shock to the education system. Educators are now adjusting to new methods of instruction, administrators needed to play new roles to support students, and parents required [...]
10.21.19 - What We're Reading Below are a few headlines from the last week that caught our attention. The articles below are not intended to be indicate our views on any certain topic, just an update on some of the latest news in the areas in which we work. Deep Soils Have Dual [...]
Dr. Millie Hamner Joins Keystone Policy Center as Senior Policy Director Colorado education policy leader, and former state representative, Dr. Millie Hamner has joined Keystone Policy Center as a senior policy director. Hamner will partner with Berrick Abramson, who leads Keystone's Center for Education Policy, to manage initiatives in Keystone’s education and government [...]