Catalyst EDU is a Boulder County high school with a small student teacher ratio

Catalyst Education of Colorado is a high school with a small student-teacher ratio for students in Boulder County and along the Front Range. Before Catalyst EDU, there were essentially four high school options: 1. Experiential, or “Outdoor ed,” types of schools; 2. Mainstream schools, with 30-35 students per class; 3. Traditionally-structured alternative schools, with 10-15 students per class; and 4. On-line schools, where the student completes pre-packaged work. Catalyst EDU brings an entirely new concept to the table: one-on-one personally rigorous classes, with an experienced and licensed teacher, creating classes from scratch, based on the student’s strengths and interests.

Further, in other schools personal contact time with a teacher comes at the student’s initiative, or in a pull-out situation, as the teacher is still supervising the rest of the class. In Catalyst the teacher moves from student to student, working one-on-one with each. A student is usually in class for 90 minutes, sharing time with two other students, so the average amount of undivided-attention that a student receives from a teacher is approximately 30 minutes.

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"Not only is this the first and only high school that worked for Sarah, it’s the most focused I’ve seen her in twelve years of education.”
-- Chris, father of a current student