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What works in Denver

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5
evaluated practices
62/100
average quality score
0%
strong evidence, of 5 assessed
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Evidence snapshot for Denver

Denver features several evidence-based initiatives addressing education, infrastructure, and environmental resilience. Denver Public Schools co-developed RouteWise AI with HopSkipDrive to optimize bus routes, with Colorado Springs D11 (a neighboring district) recovering 17,000+ instructional hours and cutting routes nearly 50%, while Denver Public Schools reported over $500,000 in annual savings. Denver Water invested in watershed protection through the From Forests to Faucets partnership, treating 120,000+ acres and planting 1.4+ million trees to reduce wildfire and erosion risk for 1.5 million residents. Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, in force statewide since 2021, generated 1,747 pay-discrimination complaints by October 2024, though the practices do not isolate Denver-specific complaint numbers.

Drawn from: Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · MagicSchool AI — generative-AI tools for teachers · Denver Water — From Forests to Faucets Watershed Protection Partnership (USA) · RouteWise AI — AI-Optimized School Bus Routing Recovers Instructional Hours in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Dayton · Aira ASL — On-Demand Sign-Language Interpreting Across Colorado State Services

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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers

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Strengths

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +91 pts 100 here · 9 average

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +49 pts 100 here · 51 average

Efficiency +48 pts 100 here · 52 average

Transferability / replicability +41 pts 100 here · 59 average

Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average

Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average

Evidence of learning impact +20 pts 50 here · 30 average

Effectiveness +19 pts 100 here · 81 average

Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average

Scalability & sustainability +17 pts 83 here · 66 average

Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average

Teacher capability & pedagogy +11 pts 50 here · 39 average

Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average

Weaknesses

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average

Sustainability -30 pts 50 here · 80 average

Evaluation evidence -36 pts 0 here · 36 average

Documented learning -73 pts 0 here · 73 average

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Score profile vs peers

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced
100 · 9
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control
100 · 51
Efficiency
100 · 52
Transferability / replicability
100 · 59
Demonstrated reach
100 · 75
Curator validation
100 · 75
Evidence of learning impact
50 · 30
Effectiveness
100 · 81
Impact on gender equality
100 · 83
Scalability & sustainability
83 · 66
Evaluated outcomes
100 · 84
Teacher capability & pedagogy
50 · 39
Gender-mainstreaming embedding
100 · 90
Achievement / evidence
100 · 93
Governance, certification & transferability
67 · 66
Transparency, ethics & data protection
50 · 50
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced
33 · 35
Equity & inclusion
50 · 54
Innovation level
60 · 64
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced
33 · 53
Sustainability
50 · 80
Evaluation evidence
0 · 36
Documented learning
0 · 73

Coloured bar: Denver. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.

Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more

Top good practices here

Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · 100

MagicSchool AI — generative-AI tools for teachers · 73

Denver Water — From Forests to Faucets Watershed Protection Partnership (USA) · 67

RouteWise AI — AI-Optimized School Bus Routing Recovers Instructional Hours in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Dayton · 40

Aira ASL — On-Demand Sign-Language Interpreting Across Colorado State Services · 32

Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more

Recommended to adopt or replicate

Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.

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Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100

  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100

  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Sweden's Barnahus (Children's House) — Multidisciplinary One-Stop Centres for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse and Violence · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Addresses this place's weak dimensions

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