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Center for Educational Improvement
May 12, 20181 min read
Presentation on Grit & Resiliency at NAESP
Other speakers include Daniel Pink, Sean Covey, and Salman Khan


Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 12, 20182 min read
Compassionate School Culture: Add Your Voice – Respond by March 22
Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to your teachers to respond. We welcome responses from K-8 teachers We are...


Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 8, 20185 min read
A Teacher’s Appeal to the Heart – Does Spirituality Have a Place in Schools?
By Marah Barrows, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason Does spirituality have a place in schools? A tough question. Particularly since we have...


Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 20, 20181 min read
Ontario Principals’ Council Now Supporting Compassion Validation Study
Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to your teachers to respond. We welcome responses from K-8 teachers in the...

Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 31, 20182 min read
Mindfulness and Maslow
By Marah Barrow, CEI Intern What if there was a way for students to come to terms with their needs and maturely express those needs to...


Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 30, 20182 min read
11 Award Winners and More Opportunities – Validation Study Continuing
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director and Paul Liabenow, CEI President Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to...


Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 15, 20182 min read
MLK, Justice, and Compassionate Schools
By Christine Mason The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character –...


Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 6, 20172 min read
Deadline Extended to Jan. 29: Participate in School Compassionate Culture Validation Study
The scale we are developing is an important 21st Century tool that will empower teachers and schools — it will give you a valid measure...


Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 20, 20172 min read
Thanksgiving, Celebrations, Visualizations & Affirmations
By Christine Mason Several countries have obliviously been influenced by Americans and celebrate a very similar feast (Canada, the...


Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 16, 20174 min read
Self-Regulation and Fidgets: What is Effective?
By: Morgan Grant, CEI Intern In the spring of 2017, fidget spinners unexpectedly became a very popular toy among children and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 27, 20173 min read
Ending DACA: Resources for Principals, Counselors, and Teachers
By Nicol Colchete, CEI Intern and Christine Mason Who Is Affected by DACA? Roughly 800,000 undocumented young people will be impacted by...


Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 6, 20171 min read
Opportunity for Principal & Teacher Voice Re: School Culture Assessment (Elem. & Middle)
Participating teachers who complete the validation study have an opportunity to enter a drawing for the following prizes: 10 Amazon Gift...


Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 15, 20172 min read
Racism, White Supremacy, & Neo-Nazism
When will the evil of racism, white supremacy, and neo-nazism end? Â How have the extremists groups supporting such bigotry and hate...


Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 11, 20173 min read
PeaceJam: A Program To Reduce Bullying and Further Compassion
By Nicole Colchete, CEI Intern What Is PeaceJam? Examples of PeaceJam’s Global Success One reason why PeaceJam is so influential is...


Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 4, 20175 min read
ESSA, First Round Feedback
By Adriana Jarquin, CEI Intern At this interim date, how are states faring? Reports by an independent third-party that conducted a review...


Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 20, 20171 min read
CEI to Present at Principals Conference July 11 in Philadelphia
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Tuesday, July 11, 7:30-8:45 am, Room 103B at the National Principals Conference in...


Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 7, 20172 min read
ESSA, Historical Antecedents & the Future of Education
By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern Historical Antecedent. Before ESSA, American students faced over a decade with the NCLB. In 2002, President...


Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 25, 20172 min read
Education’s Role in Nurturing Children in Finland
By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern Play. Before attending elementary school, Finnish children go to daycare. Instead of formally teaching...


Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 20, 20173 min read
We Are Lacking a Realistic New Vision for Education
On Inauguration Day 2017, we pause for a moment to ask our colleagues about their hopes and dreams for schools. In 2017 and the years to...

Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 18, 20173 min read
Property Taxes and Education: Saving Prince William County Schools from being Inherently Inequitable
By Jordan Gilliard, CEI Intern This is the first of a series of articles on inequities in education. In this article Jordan Gilliard...
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