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With Senior Signing Day less than one month away, hearing the diverse and compelling stories of our graduating Seniors makes us even more excited for this unforgettable day. We heard these stories during speeches at College Acceptance Parties, interviews with Questbridge Scholars, and of course, the all-important college essay. Stapleton Senior Iftu expanded on the unique experiences that led her to write an especially memorable essay.
We are excited to announce two DSST leaders who will be taking on new roles as School Directors for the 19-20 school year!
A fresh look at the college success records at the major charter networks serving low-income students shows alumni earning bachelor’s degrees at rates up to four times as high as the 11 percent rate expected for that student population.
When researchers asked hundreds of eighth-graders living near Arkansas’s flagship university whether they’d ever visited a college campus, they were surprised by the response. Only about half said they had.
Eliminating educational inequity and integrating schools is core to our mission at DSST. But essential to tackling these challenges is the internal work we must do of sharpening our own equity lenses as we create more equitable systems. In partnership with our staff, students, and families, The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is dedicated to cultivating a school network that welcomes open discussion and self reflection around these issues. This has been done in several different ways, including the Affinity Groups that launched last month, annual Equity Working Groups, and two resources to help us reflect on where we have been, assess where we are as a network, and revisit our goals for the future. These are the FYI on DEI and a larger Compendium of Research, illuminating our network’s DEI journey and providing ways for you and your school to join in on this incredible growth.
Colorado’s education debate heated up on the House floor Friday, as race, religion, partisanship, and even reproductive health entered discussion of a measure that aims to make lessons in American government and history more inclusive.
What: A free event for educators and school staff looking to build financial security
Throughout the school year, CBS4 along with the Colorado School of Mines and PDC Energy honor Future Leaders, high school students who are excelling in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or math, STEM. Future Leaders winners get $1,000 and a feature on CBS4.
As college admittance letters continue to come in, and Senior Signing Day just around the corner, you can feel the excitement building across the network as we celebrate our incredible seniors. If it wasn’t for the epic bomb cyclone this week, Cole’s Class of 2019 would have celebrated their 100% college acceptance success on Thursday as well. But on Monday afternoon, middle schoolers, high schoolers, friends and family of the College View Founding Class packed into the gym, decorated with posters created by 9th & 10th graders, to celebrate their founding class.
For many years, Derrell Bradford says, he never understood why his mother and grandmother used to gather at the kitchen table when he was a child, debating whose address they would lie about to get him access to a better public school.
