Keystone Policy Center

Last chance to register for The Rocky Mountain Family Engagement Collective's free virtual learning series titled Partnering with Families for Student Success: Strategies, Resources, and Solutions for Teachers. The series runs every Friday Sept. 6-Oct. 11. Register below here: https://lnkd.in/g2SQy2wb

Keystone's Van Schoales is interviewed by KUNC and The Colorado Sound to explore the findings in our latest report on the impact of the four-day school week on Colorado students and the teaching workforce. Listen at the link below:

Keystone is honored to have been selected by the Metro Denver Nature Alliance to co-create their Regional Vision for People and Nature. The project will represent a shared set of community goals, principles, and/or priorities guiding regional conservation and program investments in the Denver metropolitan region. 

Members of Keystone’s Farmers for Monarch’s collaborative visited several farms in Minnesota today to learn more about farmers who have enrolled land in the Conservation Reserve Program and installed pollinator habitat.

Today Keystone released a new report examining the data surrounding the four-day school week, providing both a quantitative and qualitative examination of Colorado’s four-day school week phenomenon. You can download Doing Less with Less: How a four-day school week affects student learning and the teacher workforce at: https://lnkd.in/e9sp3CgU

Productive and great couple days Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangley & Craig - thanks to President Lisa Jones and her team. Grateful to Keystone Policy Center for supporting us building up the mission, vision, and values for our strategic plan. This 2030 plan is getting exciting folks…I can’t wait to share it with you all!

Join our team! Keystone's Center for Education is searching for a Senior Project Director with experience in stakeholder engagement to collectively improve learning experiences for youth, support families, and empower educators toward a shared goal. https://lnkd.in/gwuar8N

Join the Rocky Mountain Family Engagement Collective (RMFEC) this September for a free virtual learning opportunity to enhance family engagement! Partnering with Families for Student Success: Strategies, Resources, and Solutions for Teachers will cover creating an inclusive and welcoming school environment, developing effective communication skills to build trust and understanding with students and their families, empowering and collaborating with families as partners in their child’s education, and exploring best practices to build purposeful family-school partnerships. Register here: bit.ly/RMFEC-ECHO-DU

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Honey #Bee Health Coalition, including the U.S. Canola Association, which promotes #honeybee health and sustainable #agricultural practices, such as #Canola Best Management Practices. Since its inception in 2014, the coalition has been a “leading force in addressing the challenges faced by honeybees.” It is facilitated by the Keystone Policy Center. https://ow.ly/A9rS50SsAgU

It's #PollinatorWeek! Keystone leads two pollinator-focused coalitions, the Honey Bee Health Coalition and Farmers for Monarchs, which bring stakeholders in the agriculture sector together to support pollinator health, productive ag systems, and thriving ecosystems.