Colorado Department of Education – What We DoThe Colorado Department of Education (CDE) provides leadership, resources, support, and accountability to the state's 178 school districts, 1,888 schools, over 53,000 teachers, and over 3,200 administrators to help them build capacity to meet the needs of the state's approximately 905,000 public school students.In addition, CDE provides structural and administrative support to the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Charter School Institute.As the administrative arm of theState Board of Education, CDE is responsible for implementing state and federal education laws, disbursing state and federal funds, holding schools and districts accountable for performance, licensing all educators, and providing public transparency of performa ...