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Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 2, 20185 min read
Hurricane Harvey and Maria’s Damaging Impact on Education
How are school districts, schools, and teachers handling the aftermath of the 2017 Hurricane Season? What are the short and long-term...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 31, 20182 min read
Mindfulness and Maslow
By Marah Barrow, CEI Intern What if there was a way for students to come to terms with their needs and maturely express those needs to...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 30, 20182 min read
11 Award Winners and More Opportunities – Validation Study Continuing
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director and Paul Liabenow, CEI President Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 20, 20172 min read
Thanksgiving, Celebrations, Visualizations & Affirmations
By Christine Mason Several countries have obliviously been influenced by Americans and celebrate a very similar feast (Canada, the...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 16, 20174 min read
Self-Regulation and Fidgets: What is Effective?
By: Morgan Grant, CEI Intern In the spring of 2017, fidget spinners unexpectedly became a very popular toy among children and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 27, 20173 min read
Ending DACA: Resources for Principals, Counselors, and Teachers
By Nicol Colchete, CEI Intern and Christine Mason Who Is Affected by DACA? Roughly 800,000 undocumented young people will be impacted by...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 16, 20172 min read
Post-Disaster Management in Schools
By Morgan Grant, CEI Intern Editiorial note. Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, the wildfires in California, and other natural disasters wreck...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 6, 20171 min read
Opportunity for Principal & Teacher Voice Re: School Culture Assessment (Elem. & Middle)
Participating teachers who complete the validation study have an opportunity to enter a drawing for the following prizes: 10 Amazon Gift...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 28, 20172 min read
Conquering Bullying Through Emotional Learning
Editor’s Note: Please see the previous blog post about Peace Jam By Nicole Colchete, CEI Intern One powerful way to prevent bullying is...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 14, 20172 min read
Hatred and Violence Must End
By Christine Mason Heather Heyer, a 32-year old legal assistant, was killed and 19 were injured when a white supremacist from Ohio rammed...
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
Aug 4, 20175 min read
ESSA, First Round Feedback
By Adriana Jarquin, CEI Intern At this interim date, how are states faring? Reports by an independent third-party that conducted a review...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 24, 20173 min read
Does Summer Break Help or Hurt Students?
By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern Ed. Note: You know the routine. In the suburbs, parents, and particularly working moms, line up summer camps...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 7, 20172 min read
ESSA, Historical Antecedents & the Future of Education
By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern Historical Antecedent. Before ESSA, American students faced over a decade with the NCLB. In 2002, President...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 18, 20173 min read
Property Taxes and Education: Saving Prince William County Schools from being Inherently Inequitable
By Jordan Gilliard, CEI Intern This is the first of a series of articles on inequities in education. In this article Jordan Gilliard...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Free Public Education is the Backbone of Democracy
By Christine Mason Charter Schools Emerge in America I remember back about a decade or so, when charter schools emerged. KIPP provides a...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 13, 20162 min read
Hunger and Malnutrition in the US
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Image from treehugger.com Did you know that: 20% of the population in Mississippi is “food...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 12, 20161 min read
CEI Repost: Why Aren’t All Kids in the Gifted Class?
CEI stands with this article’s message and calls for schools to develop strength-based policies because they are “the best way to build...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 7, 20161 min read
National Call for Inclusive Values
CEI supports this call for inclusivity The School Superintendents Association (AASA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Gay,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 21, 20163 min read
Gratitude
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Editors Note: One way we are giving back is to award stipends to teachers to implement a...
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