Colorado is one of six states participating in a three-year, $75 million public-private partnership focused on turning around low- performing schools.
Colorado joins Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts and New York in the project that will create “partnership zones” in which clusters of low-performing schools will be supported by a lead organization that provides academic and student support services as well as coordinating and focusing the turnaround effort.
Mass Insight Education & Research Institute, a Boston nonprofit that works on turning around struggling schools, is leading the effort.
As much as $30 million in private money is being sought to match the $45 million in public funds coming from federal School Improvement Grants and other possible sources.
