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Authentic Partnership Key to Transform Education System
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 [...]
Communities, Not Politicians, Should Lead on School Safety, Violence & Discipline
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 [...]
Yesica Chavez Named Chair of Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Board
Keystone's Yesica Chavez Elected Chair of Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Board Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced recently that Yesica Chavez, a policy fellow at Keystone Policy Center, has been elected Chair of the Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Board. “I am honored to serve as the first [...]
Keynotes Podcast: Charter School Performance During COVID-19
Keynotes Podcast: Charter School Performance During COVID-19 The Keystone Policy Center recently released its second report analyzing public data to assess the impact the COVID-19 disruption had on Colorado education. The report, entitled Colorado’s Missing Year: Charter School Performance, explores recent enrollment and academic performance data to [...]
CRISPRcon Workshop: Genomic Innovation, Resilience & the Next Pandemic
CRISPRcon Workshop: Genomic Innovation, Resilience & the Next Pandemic On November 30, 2021, Keystone Policy Center convened a workshop of diverse experts on public health, food, and environment systems to discuss the role of genomic innovation in interdisciplinary, “one health” approaches to global challenges. The workshop [...]
Keystone Releases Report on Charter School Performance in Wake of COVID-19
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 [...]