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By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Here are a few of my conclusions: There is considerable evidence that yoga and meditation can...
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Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 23, 20153 min read
Curiously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of Education
By Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern California is shaking up Common Core in a very different way. California...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 10, 20152 min read
Community Schools as a Model for Heart Centered Education
By Michele Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Community schools set the pace for engaging and meaningful home-school...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 4, 20153 min read
Innovative Programs Catering to Early Childhood Development
By Vanessa Abrahams, CEI Intern and Christine Mason P21 held a 21st Century Leadership Summit in Washington, DC recently. Representatives...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 25, 20152 min read
Looking Onward and Thinking Bigger: The Future of Technological Integration in Schools
In small town Califon our school district could not afford a bus system, so morning walks to and from school became routine until high...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 17, 20152 min read
Improving Education: The View from Jones Elementary School
A version of this post originally appeared on the Jones Elementary School blog. What happens when you pull together 15 principals from...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 12, 20153 min read
A Giving Heart and a Kind Mind
In heart-centered development, young students learn to practice kindness ‘“an integral component to their overall development. At Plains...
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
Jan 16, 20152 min read
Teacher Student Bonding
By Vanessa Abrahams, CEI Intern Discovering how to successfully relate to students is inherent to student success and achievement (‘A...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 23, 20144 min read
Race, Courage, and Teaching Tolerance
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 17, 20143 min read
In Ferguson People Are Walking the Walk, But Are They Talking the Talk?
By Elijah Mercer, Education Policy and Communication Intern ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ is the rallying chant behind protests, riots, and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 9, 20141 min read
CEI “Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use” Competition
By Christine Mason Runners up: 2nd Place: $50 gift card; 3rd place: $25 gift card. Early in 2014 we introduced CEI ‘s 21st Century...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 8, 20143 min read
Pedagogical Shifts in Common Core Mathematics
By Lindsay Reeves, CEI Intern In the past, the general emphasis in math has been on the breadth of the content, not the depth. Common...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 6, 20144 min read
Curiously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of Education
By Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern Up and Down Battle. While Arizona has adopted the Common Core Standards,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 26, 20142 min read
CEI Gives Thanks
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Thanksgiving! CEI continues to thrive due to a dedicated team, your interest and support, and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 26, 20143 min read
Pop Culture ‘“ A Path to Learning
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern Pop Math Much of the dialogue regarding implementing pop culture in the classroom is associated with literacy...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 23, 20142 min read
The Importance of Recycling
By Kelley Wells, CEI Intern The world is a beautiful place to live, but it will not remain this way unless humans do something soon....
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 19, 20142 min read
Are Students Falling Asleep in Class?
By Julie Rager, CEI Intern Have you ever walked into a classroom at your school, to find a student fast asleep? Sleep deprivation is a...
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...
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