PUBLIC EDUCATION & BUSINESS COALITION

PEBC (Public Education & Business Coalition) is a Denver-based nonprofit founded in 1983 that prepares new teachers, supports practicing educators and school leaders, and convenes business and community partners to strengthen K–12 teaching and learning. The organization operates teacher preparation pathways (the PEBC Teacher Residency), professional learning Institutes and Lab Classrooms, and provides policy expertise aimed at improving educator recruitment, retention, and instructional practice. PEBC works locally across Colorado and nationally with districts, universities, foundations, and state agencies. In recent years PEBC has co-facilitated statewide coalitions and initiatives (including the 2023–24 Colorado Safer Schools Initiative), advanced legislation and policy to expand teacher residency models, and continued to deliver intensive professional learning and residency placements in urban, suburban and rural districts.