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Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 17, 20161 min read
A Post-Election Resource for Teachers
Editor: We are dismayed by the uptick in harassment and the fear that some children are now experiencing. Over the next few weeks, we...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 7, 20161 min read
The Eve of Tomorrow
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director If nothing else, the events of the past year have reinforced the importance of democracy and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 7, 20162 min read
Water Safety and Risks
By Brogan Murphy, CEI Intern Access to Clean Water. When you thought of safety and security, water safety, the consistent and reliable...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 3, 20163 min read
Research-based Math with Graphically Rich Animations
By Sam Walters, CEI Intern Students love technology. As someone who taught middle school math last year for DC Public Schools, I...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 27, 20163 min read
Heart Centered Pilot in Philadelphia Suburb
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Upper Providence Elementary (UPE) in Royersford, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The school has...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 13, 20163 min read
Educating the Heart, Cultivating Learning and Justice
By Mahnaz Ahrary, CEI Intern Learning and Healing Go Hand in Hand. One of my long withstanding favorite quotes by Aristotle, says it all:...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 29, 20161 min read
New Ways to Engage Students: Makerspaces
By Grace Rubenstein, CEI Intern Engaging, fun, hands-on experiences. Makerspaces serve as a balancing act against the stifling nature of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 29, 20163 min read
Where is Your School Headed? Dissolve Your Problems & Be an Outlier
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director If your school is like many others, you may be feeling that there is little chance that...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 15, 20161 min read
Join the “Heart-Centered” Conversation!
Commenter Alleta Baltes stated: “With the new reauthorization of ESSA and current poverty research emphasizing controlling children’s...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 12, 20162 min read
Pioneer Award & CEI’s New Facebook Page
We are thrilled to be recognized as one of 122 Pioneers by Children’s Well Being and to be a part of this distinguished network! For that...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 9, 20162 min read
Athletics Complement Education – Year Round
By Drew Altizer, CEI Intern Finding Time. If you’re still worried about not having enough time, try working out before school. It sounds...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 2, 20160 min read
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 2, 20161 min read
CEI Becomes a Pioneer in the Children’s Well-being Initiative
CEI is overjoyed to announce that our “Heart-Centered 21st Century Learning” project has been named a Pioneer in the Children’s...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 29, 20163 min read
Teaching Mindfulness through Feminism and Intersectionality
By Marielle Byhouwer These are the words of my father. I am a biracial, middle class woman. My mother was adopted from South Korea as a...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 27, 20163 min read
Music and Brain Science
By Amber Nicole Dilger, CEI Associate and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Are you incorporating music in your classrooms,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 25, 20162 min read
Building Compassion through Games and Strategies
By Jordan Gilliard, CEI Intern More than 60 educational studies showing that there is a significant effect on students’ academic...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 13, 20162 min read
Healing Self, Healing our Nation
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Most days, as I engage in yoga, I automatically feel gratitude for how I have learned to...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 11, 20163 min read
Healing Our Nation
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Dallas, Orlando, Minnesota, Baton Rougue, Charleston, Baltimore, Missouri, California,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 5, 20162 min read
More Technology for the ‘Talking is Teaching’ Campaign
By George White, CEI Education Policy Associate Inspired by a landmark study that concluded that a child’s academic success is related to...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 4, 20163 min read
Fish or Fowl?
By Meghan Wenzel, CEI Intern and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director What type of animal is a dog? Is ‘p’ a vowel or a consonant?...
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