CEI Gives Thanks
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Thanksgiving! CEI continues to thrive due to a dedicated team, your interest and support, and...
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Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 17, 20141 min read
Mind & Life International Symposium with the Dalai Lama
By Christine Mason Michele and I found ourselves surrounded by others who were thrilled to be learning more about the value of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 30, 20143 min read
Learning from the Student’s View
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern Much of the conversation on teaching relies on the observation of educators and administrators ‘“ those leading...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 21, 20141 min read
Yoga Dog Inspires Kids
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern There are thousands of fitness and health videos for adults and now, thanks to the team at Kids’ Wellness...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 30, 20144 min read
Transformations: Ours and Yours
Are you feeling the impact of all the events in the world, your school, your life? It is astounding how one event, one thought, one...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 2, 20143 min read
Creating Compassionate and Caring School Environments for All Students
By Michele M. Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Tend well the garden of your soul’… Live strong with purpose and compassion’…...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 26, 20142 min read
Ferguson Students Return to Class
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern The community is doing its best to create normalcy for students in Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 21, 20142 min read
Your Journey this Year
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” John O’Donohue By Christine Mason, CEI...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 13, 20142 min read
A School Community With New Challenges
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Ferguson is a community of 21,000 people. It’s a city of 6 square miles, about 10 miles north of downtown...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 8, 20142 min read
Harry Potter–An Empathetic Role Model
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. The study assessed the correlation between Harry Potter and empathy in two ways. In the first,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 29, 20142 min read
Bold Action
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director. How are you managing change in your school? Is it systematic, orderly, incremental, step by...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 25, 20143 min read
Conscious Parenting
By Ajeet Khalsa, Training Associate. The Conscious Parent authored by Shefali Tsabary describes how parents can become more mindful of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 15, 20142 min read
Engineering Empathy
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Educators at every level of schooling’”from Pre-K to Higher Education’”benefit from including lessons...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 28, 20141 min read
CEI’s Heart Beaming Tool
Why Heart Beaming®? Heart Beaming is a positive thing for youth and adults to do. It is not expensive. It does not take hours of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 24, 20142 min read
Forgiveness
by Christine Mason. I believe my focus on compassion has led me on a path to encountering great minds, visionaries, and people committed...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 20, 20142 min read
Spotlight: School that puts the ‘Community’ In Heart Centered Education
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Charles Loring Brace founded the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) in 1853 through his Orphan Train Movement....
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 17, 20143 min read
My Brother’s Keeper
by Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. ‘And that’s what ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ is all about — helping more of our young people stay on track,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 13, 20142 min read
Gun Violence–Why the U.S.?
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. “Our levels of gun violence are off the charts. There’s no advanced developed country on earth that would...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 9, 20142 min read
Heart Centered Common Core Book List
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern From Kathleen Odean, a past chair of the prestigious Newbery Award Committee, comes recommendations for...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 6, 20141 min read
Human Family
As CEI mourns the passing of Dr. Maya Angelou, we remain inspired by her passion, dedication, and life accomplishments. Here’s one of our...
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