If you are unsatisfied with your school’s grade and would like to engage in local school improvement efforts, here are a few ways you can take action:

1. Share this website with your friends   
2. Sign up for e-mail updates and alerts from Colorado School Grades
3. Take the Colorado School Grades Pledge

1. Know a good school when you see one? This checklist will provide you with ten questions that any high-performing school should be able to answer with confidence.
2. Learn how you can choose a different school. Whether you are new to the area, have a student in a transitional grade, or are interested in switching schools, you can take advantage of Colorado’s open enrollment law. Learn more about how to choose a school.
3. Find out what’s being done to improve your local school. Click the links below for resources that will help you start asking questions.
   • To connect with your teacher
   • To connect with your principal
   • To connect with your school board member or superintendent
   • To connect with your school accountability committee
   • To connect with your legislator
4. Donate to a local classroom in need using www.DonorsChoose.org

1. Volunteer at your local school
2. Schedule a tour of the "A" schools nearest your local community
3. Attend a School Board Meeting or Superintendent Forum
4. Organize a rally with other concerned parents and community members

Learn More

Use these resources to increase your knowledge of successful practices that high-performing schools implement to improve overall student achievement and close achievement gaps:

• Colorado Student Success
• Educational Results Partnership
• National Center on Time and Learning
• Edutopia
• Teaching as Leadership