leadership

Aug 9, 20214 min read

Youth Listening: Why, Where, and How to Start

By Caroline Geithner, CEI Intern When it comes to tackling youth problems, we tend to design and deliver programs without directly...

Feb 23, 20214 min read

How Can Schools Create Safe Spaces for Black Students?

By Kaela Farrise, CEI Program Assistant, Innovation & Research Support Note: This blog is part 2 of a series on supporting Black students...

Sep 18, 20205 min read

Healing: A Role for Educators

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director As educators return from their summer breaks and begin to establish routines this fall, we are...

Jul 24, 20203 min read

Teachers and Families Collaborating to Educate Children During School Closures

By Hailey Jordan, CEI Intern Many schools across the world closed this spring in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Jul 21, 20204 min read

Featured Fellow: Joelle Brookner Demonstrates Leadership and Compassion in Western Massachusetts

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support When Joelle Brookner became a Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC)...

Jan 14, 20204 min read

Visioning with Intention to Change the World by Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support What do great schools have in common? What sets a successful school apart...

Nov 11, 20194 min read

Featured Fellow: Addressing Trauma with Joan Cavallo, St. Albans City School Principal

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support In her 12 years at St. Albans City School, a Pre-K-8 school of 800 students,...

Oct 15, 20193 min read

Featured Fellow: Transforming a School with Jim O’Rourke, Principal, Hillsboro-Deering High School

By Will Foley, CEI Intern Hope, Potential, and the Turnaround When Principal O’Rourke took charge of Hillsboro-Deering High School in New...

Oct 3, 20194 min read

Defiant or Depressed? Working with Black Girls in the School Setting

By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern Because children spend more time with teachers and other school personnel during a typical school year than...

Jul 19, 20194 min read

Mindfulness & Compassion: Innovations for Leaders in Government and Business

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Mindfulness is transforming many schools in the U.S. and around the world...

Nov 18, 20185 min read

Mindfulness and Transformational School Leadership

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Visions and Inspiration “Transformational leaders do not think in one place and time, rather,...