Collaborative Action and Policy

GSN generates community collaboration and state-wide conversations to solve for change. We bring schools and communities together to address complex issues impacting achievement for all students.

Support for Students who are Justice Engaged

Program Lead | Dr. Jose Silva

GSN launched a state-wide effort called the Justice Engaged Students - Colorado, or JES-CO. This initiative reclaims education as a path towards liberation for justice engaged youth in Colorado. GSN helped inform legislation that passed the Colorado House and Senate to codify a pathway to high school completion for justice engaged students.
We are also collaborating to implement the Justice Engaged Student Hotline, a community-facing support system for justice engaged students, their families, educators and justice personnel to help them navigate educational challenges as well as connect to needed wrap-around services, including legal support.

Support for Students in Rural Spaces

Program Director | Kirk Banghart and Tina Goar

Since 2015, we've operationalized the Colorado Rural Education Collaborative (CREC), a state-wide effort by rural educators, for rural educators, innovating to solve Colorado's most pressing rural education challenges.

This collaborative utilizes local partnerships to establish programs such as the Pathways to Prosperity, a regional model of college and career readiness that addresses the unique barriers rural communities face when preparing students for life after high school.

The CREC also organizes state-wide PLCs and regional community meetings, harnessing peer-based collaboration to spur innovation in rural education.

Support for Students with Special Needs

Program Director | Amanda Burns-Hawley

Through partnerships with like-minded organizations such as Catalyze, the Colorado Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, OtterCares, and WeThrive, we extend pathway opportunities to historically underserved populations, such as students with disabilities, so they have equal access and opportunities to build capital and thrive in school and beyond.

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