Welcome to the Center for Urban Education!

The urban classroom today is a challenging place for both teachers and students. In order for real learning to take place in a high needs classroom, teachers must not only know what to teach and how to teach, but they must also understand the needs and circumstances of children in their classrooms.

The Center for Urban Education (CUE), is the umbrella organization for the Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP), which is a collaborative relationship between Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver city schools and community organizations that have come together for the purpose of improving the quality of teaching and learning in local, urban schools. CUE serves as a broker of services – across Metro State College, the community and the state – to gather resources to help prepare college students to teach in urban schools, to provide teachers in high-need schools with the tools they need to help students learn and ultimately, to improve the quality of education received by children throughout the area.

We encourage you to explore this website to discover some of the enriching learning experiences going on in our schools through the work of the Center for Urban Education and to discover a few of the many ways you can become involved in this exciting undertaking on behalf of our city’s children.