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How the Fremont Multi-District Initiative is Transforming the Rural Student Experience

Empowerd to Lead

Denver Green Schools

Dive into our 2024-2025 annual report to discover how we Act in Partnership to drive student success in school and in life.

Youth apprenticeship programs are a talent pipeline builder, a social mobility tool, and a workforce development strategy - but their potential for impact faces many constraints in rural communities.

Empower Schools was a key collaborator to this report by Colorado Succeeds and other organizations.

The report reflects both a shared commitment of state organizations to work collaboratively to lead this change and a call to action for Colorado leaders and partners to join this movement.

Join us in celebrating a decade of empowerment. Read our retrospective magazine to discover our timeline and learn how we work with communities across the United States to advance school system innovation and policy change. 

Empower Schools wrote this white paper in collaboration with key partners to capture how five years of investment is elevating rural outcomes in Colorado.

Bellwether’s case study, identifies promising practices from funders’ early responses to the pandemic and pinpoint the most urgent needs of rural districts today, nearly two years after schools first closed their doors.

Exploring new models for governance and investment, Senior Vice President for Education Mary Seawell asked Colorado-based journalist Alan Gottlieb to cover, in real time, the unfolding events that are chronicled in this case study.

This article is part of a Bridgespan Group research project that focuses on exploring the design features of “Innovation Zones”