Colorado Early Childhood Education (ECE) Workforce Coalition Releases Recommendations to Improve Recruitment, Support and Retention of Colorado’s ECE educators Improving pay and professionalizing careers in early childhood education – including providing clear paths for career growth and professional development – are key to hiring and retaining ECE teachers, according to recommendations [...]

Keystone to Host Discussion on Housing Affordability for Teachers, Middle-Income Earners Housing affordability for teachers and middle-income earners is garnering attention across the nation in an era when housing prices and interest rates continue to rise, along with a growing number of teachers choosing to leave the profession. A recently-released [...]

Authentic Partnership Key to Transform Education System By: Yoni Dobie-Geffen We are in a paradoxical moment in education. The pandemic thrust the daily activity of the classroom onto the kitchen table and, as a result, at no point in recent memory have our education institutions and the communities [...]

Communities, Not Politicians, Should Lead on School Safety, Violence & Discipline By Berrick Abramson, Director of Keystone's Center for Education Policy You’ve heard the sound bites and read the buzzwords on social media labeling the “obvious” or “easy” solutions for school violence, such as “harden targets,” “outlaw assault weapons,” [...]

Keystone Report: Colorado Charter Schools Showed Strong Enrollment, Student Participation, High Proficiency Rates During Pandemic Click Image to Download Report The Keystone Policy Center released its second report analyzing public data to assess the impact the COVID-19 disruption had on Colorado education. The report released [...]