By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Here are a few of my conclusions: There is considerable evidence that yoga and meditation can...

By Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern California is shaking up Common Core in a very different way. California...

By Michele Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Community schools set the pace for engaging and meaningful home-school...

By Vanessa Abrahams, CEI Intern and Christine Mason P21 held a 21st Century Leadership Summit in Washington, DC recently. Representatives...

In small town Califon our school district could not afford a bus system, so morning walks to and from school became routine until high...

A version of this post originally appeared on the Jones Elementary School blog. What happens when you pull together 15 principals from...

In heart-centered development, young students learn to practice kindness ‘“an integral component to their overall development. At Plains...

‘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...

By Vanessa Abrahams, CEI Intern Discovering how to successfully relate to students is inherent to student success and achievement (‘A...

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason...

By Elijah Mercer, Education Policy and Communication Intern ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ is the rallying chant behind protests, riots, and...

By Christine Mason Runners up:  2nd Place: $50 gift card; 3rd place: $25 gift card. Early in 2014 we introduced CEI ‘s 21st Century...

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...

By Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern Up and Down Battle. While Arizona has adopted the Common Core Standards,...

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Thanksgiving! CEI continues to thrive due to a dedicated team, your interest and support, and...

By Nick Jones, CEI Intern Pop Math Much of the dialogue regarding implementing pop culture in the classroom is associated with literacy...

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....

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...

By Michele M. Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Tend well the garden of your soul’…  Live strong with purpose and compassion’…...

By Nick Jones, CEI Intern The community is doing its best to create normalcy for students in Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that...