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The Power of the Collective: Overcoming Adversities Together Through the Community Resiliency Model
By Melody Mann, CEI Intern The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) is an evidence based practice that focuses on training community members...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Building Community Resilience: Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma
By Taylor Bryan Turner, SAMHSA Region One Assistant Regional Administrator and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20216 min read
Advocating for Community Wellness: Empowering Student, Family, and Educator Voice
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support, and Ingrid Padgett, CEI Director of Communications and Development Who knows...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Featured Fellow: Providence’s District Coordinator for Project AWARE Amy Messenger
By Jenna Wyman, CEI Intern Providence, Rhode Island School District’s Amy Messenger has always felt the drive to support others. Starting...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Equity Consciousness
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director and Orinthia Harris, CEI Faculty Our HeartMind e-News connects the relationship of heart...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 11, 20215 min read
Attack on the Sanctity of Our Democracy
A joint statement from MEMSPA (the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association) and the Center for Educational...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Music, a Tool to be More Mindful?
By Zenisha Shah, CEI Writer and Counselor at Innisfree House School Today’s schools and education look a lot different from what they...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 5, 20215 min read
Addressing Inequities in Education: Considerations for Asian American Children and Youth in the Era
By Melody Mann, CEI Intern The global pandemic has triggered racial backlash in the Asian American community. Historically categorized as...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 22, 20203 min read
The Opioid Crisis: Foster Care, School Support, and the Importance of Taking Action
By Arnav Durani and Michelle Hull, CEI interns Although the opioid epidemic is often understood through the eyes of those battling opioid...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 18, 20205 min read
Psychological Responses to COVID-19 in Adolescents
By Kelsey Remeis, CEI Intern In a time of uncertainty caused by the recent pandemic of COVID-19, thousands have been affected in many...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 16, 20203 min read
Youth Risky Behavior and Mental Health in the U.S and New England
By Hailey Jordan, CEI Intern The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) was developed in 1990 to keep track of health behaviors...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 14, 20203 min read
What to Consider for Black Children and Youth during COVID-19
By Hailey Jordan, CEI Intern As the global pandemic continues, some school districts in the U.S. reopened for in-person instruction while...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Music: Helping us Cope and Giving us Hope
By Zenisha Shah, CEI Writer and Counselor at Innisfree House School Living in a world changing at unimaginable speed and filled with...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 4, 20203 min read
Many Decisions: Building a Future with Our Hearts in Mind
By Christine Mason, PhD, CEI Executive Director Our HeartMind e-News connects the relationship of heart centered learning and mindfulness...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 1, 20205 min read
Family and Student Voice: Holding Space and Time for All Voices
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support COVID-19 has brought educators and families together in ways we couldn’t have...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 24, 20203 min read
Family and Parent Voice: It Starts with Listening
By Jackson Sims, CEI Intern, and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Students who pass through the doors of every...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 24, 20204 min read
We Do it Together: Functional and Dysfunctional Family Coping
By Jackson Sims, CEI Intern It’s no secret that families across the country are facing many new challenges. Between the effects of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 24, 20205 min read
Featured Fellow: Rhode Island’s Cumberland School Department’s Director of Special Services
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Rachel Santa has had a varied career in mental health and education in...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 24, 20203 min read
Building an Indigenous-Centric Classroom: the Importance of Self Reflection, Community Building, and
By Michelle Hull, CEI Intern As educators embrace virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning models this school year, it is especially...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 13, 20203 min read
3 Ideas to Build Community and Increase Virtual Classroom Engagement
By Evelyn Cordero, CEI Intern Educators and students alike have demonstrated resilience during the abrupt transition to virtual learning....
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 10, 20203 min read
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