RootED Annual Report 2019-2020

We’re proud to share our first RootED Annual Report. In fiscal year 2019-2020, our grantees served nearly 24,000 Denver Public School students across 55 schools. These schools and nonprofit organizations championed community-driven change by activating and equipping Denver families to advocate for schools that meet their needs; and they elevated school quality and racial equity in autonomous school leadership, academics, and operations.

Our mission at RootED is to invest in community-driven organizations, schools and strategies that advance racial equity in education—to ensure that all Denver Public Schools students receive a high-quality education that recognizes and values individual and community strengths and cultural difference, enabling students to attain academic achievement, personal growth, and college and career success.

We’re grateful to our partners, funders, staff and board and remain optimistic and committed as ever to an equitable, accountable, responsive Denver Public Schools system where racism is no longer a barrier to excellent student outcomes.

Denver Families Endorses 4A and Prop NN

Denver Families Endorses DPS 4A (Mill Levy) and Proposition NN

Every child in Denver, regardless of their background, deserves to attend a quality public school of their choice. Achieving that requires a strong and diverse public education ecosystem where traditional schools, public charter schools, innovation schools and innovation zones thrive.  When we have the opportunity to invest in Denver students at the ballot, we have an obligation to ensure that new resources are allocated equitably, meaning according to student need. Our state finance formula gives additional funding to districts who

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