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Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities

Mar 9, 20184 min read

Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities

For the last several decades schools have followed regulations to make sure students who are identified as having disabilities have...

A Teacher’s Appeal to the Heart – Does Spirituality Have a Place in Schools?

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...

Ontario Principals’ Council Now Supporting Compassion Validation Study

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

Feb 20, 20181 min read

17. February 14, 2018. May this date mark change and be recorded in history as the day, the day when never again began. Consider our...

Poverty – What is a Compassionate Response?

Center for Educational Improvement

Feb 8, 20183 min read

Poverty – What is a Compassionate Response?

by Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Editors Note: in 2016-2017, CEI took a deep look at hunger and food scarcity. Over several...

11 Award Winners and More Opportunities – Validation Study Continuing

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 –...

Opportunity for Principal & Teacher Voice Re: School Culture Assessment (Elem. & Middle)

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...

Conquering Bullying Through Emotional Learning

Center for Educational Improvement

Aug 28, 20172 min read

Conquering Bullying Through Emotional Learning

Editor’s Note: Please see the previous blog post about Peace Jam By Nicole Colchete, CEI Intern One powerful way to prevent bullying is...

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? How have the extremists groups supporting such bigotry and hate...

Center for Educational Improvement

Aug 14, 20172 min read

Hatred and Violence Must End

By Christine Mason Heather Heyer, a 32-year old legal assistant, was killed and 19 were injured when a white supremacist from Ohio rammed...

PeaceJam: A Program To Reduce Bullying and Further Compassion

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...

CEI to Present at Principals Conference July 11 in Philadelphia

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...

CEI Presents at Syracuse Early Care Conference

Center for Educational Improvement

Jun 20, 20171 min read

CEI Presents at Syracuse Early Care Conference

Dr. Mason’s session on Trauma and Early Childhood Education, based on research that CEI has been doing and a book on Heart Centered...

We Are Lacking a Realistic New Vision for Education

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...

Property Taxes and Education: Saving Prince William County Schools from being Inherently Inequitable

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...

Center for Educational Improvement

Jan 16, 20173 min read

Pilgrimage for Democracy, Martin Luther King, and Work to be Done

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director The President Reflects. President Obama in his Presidential Proclamation of Martin Luther King...

Free Public Education is the Backbone of Democracy

Center for Educational Improvement

Jan 10, 20172 min read

Free Public Education is the Backbone of Democracy

By Christine Mason Charter Schools Emerge in America I remember back about a decade or so, when charter schools emerged. KIPP provides a...

Center for Educational Improvement

Dec 7, 20161 min read

National Call for Inclusive Values

CEI supports this call for inclusivity The School Superintendents Association (AASA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Gay,...

FAQs: CEI’s Hunger- Food Insecurity Lessons Update for 2017

Center for Educational Improvement

Dec 6, 20164 min read

FAQs: CEI’s Hunger- Food Insecurity Lessons Update for 2017

For the past three months CEI has been promoting a 21st Century program we developed to help 6th-8th grade students understand not only...