Mindfulness in Portugal: Leveraging Social Labs to Catalyze Grassroots Change
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern Educational fads can be frustrating for teachers, because once the hype dies down, good programs are often...
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Shu Jie Ting
Jul 19, 20194 min read
Mindfulness Movement in the United Arab Emirates
By Shu Jie Ting, CEI Intern Mindfulness is a phenomenon that is becoming widely applied across the globe. The United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 13, 20184 min read
Comparing Mindfulness Practices Across the United States and Canada
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern, and Kaitlyn Butterfield, Canadian Graduate Student When Christopher and colleagues compared...
Lindsey Erin Feltis
Oct 14, 20183 min read
Looking at Discipline Differently: Bringing Restorative Discipline to the Classroom
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern In recent years, schools that are implementing restorative practices have reported stronger...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Mindfulness Based Mentoring: A Focus on Students from Pre-K to Higher Education
Join us for this IMA Webinar! Mindfulness-Based Mentoring: A Focus on Students from Pre-K to Higher Education Attend this webinar to...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 13, 20182 min read
Review of I Am Here Now: A Creative Mindfulness Guide and Journal
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern One way to make mindfulness a regular part of your routine is to use a mindfulness journal to structure your...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 3, 20183 min read
The Trauma of Immigrating to America: An Interview with a Seasoned Immigration Lawyer
By: Dana Asby, CEI Intern I spoke with Ben Simpson, an immigration lawyer with Cohen Formane Barone, LLP who has been connecting science...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 29, 20183 min read
A Change in Policy is Not Enough: Why Swift Reunification of Families is Imperative
By: Dana Asby, CEI Intern Emotional Support in ICE Detention Centers While some administrators attempt to reassure the public that the...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 15, 20182 min read
Separating Children from Families at the Border Has Short-and Long-Term Mental Health Consequences
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern and Christine Mason, Executive Director At CEI, we, like many around the world, are struggling to understand how...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 15, 20184 min read
Innovations in Early Education Programs
By: Morgan Grant, CEI Intern However, with so many programs available it can be difficult to decipher which ones are noteworthy. Programs...
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
Feb 9, 20182 min read
Practice Gratitude this Valentine’s Day
By Joanna Marzano, CEI Intern Editor’s Note: Teachers and princip I am sure at some point in your life someone has advised you to ‘listen...
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...
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
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
Jul 29, 20163 min read
Teaching Mindfulness through Feminism and Intersectionality
By Marielle Byhouwer These are the words of my father. I am a biracial, middle class woman. My mother was adopted from South Korea as a...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 21, 20151 min read
Flowers and Candles
By Christine Mason As we in America prepare for Thanksgiving this year, it is for many of us a time of mixed blessings. We are thankful...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 8, 20152 min read
One World
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director The horrific images of immigrants traveling by boat, foot, truck, and train these past few...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 19, 20152 min read
Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love
‘I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 16, 20145 min read
Ebola, 5 Million Out-of-School Children, and Instability
By Danait Berhe, CEI Intern A ten year-old, Amos Johnson, who is in second grade, at James. E. Green Elementary School in Logan Town,...
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