First Generation College Students
By Marielle Byhouwer, CEI Intern Common Obstacles for First-Generation Students There are many reasons for the lack of first generation...
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Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 15, 20162 min read
Succeeding in Graduate School: Tips from Graduate Students with Disabilities
By Marcy Hayes, CEI Intern CEI Note: While CEI tends to focus on preK-12 education, occasionally organizations request that we post...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 4, 20161 min read
Child Explains What She Needs from Parents
By Christine Mason Children, even at a young age, are impacted by their homes lives. Perhaps you have seen this facebook video of a young...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 25, 20162 min read
The Practice of Heart Beaming – Finding Quiet Moments
By Michele Rivers Murphy, CEI Research Associate and Consultant Imagine for a Moment Close your eyes, take a few deep and slow...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 17, 20161 min read
Engineer’s Week Feb. 21-27
What are you doing to honor Engineer’s week? You might consider reaching out to local engineers to ask for their participation, having...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 12, 20162 min read
Heart Factoid
By Christine Mason Even after 15 years of teaching yoga, I also continue to be in awe of the relationship between energy, and yoga,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 15, 20162 min read
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King – Forging Nonviolent Beliefs
By Christine Mason Last night as I was teaching yoga, I played some of Sweet Honey in the Rock’s music in honor of Martin Luther King....
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 17, 20151 min read
CEI Offers Early Childhood STEM/STEAM Workshops
By Christine Mason While our initial offerings will be held in Washington DC between January -May 2016, please let us know if you are...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 21, 20151 min read
Flowers and Candles
By Christine Mason As we in America prepare for Thanksgiving this year, it is for many of us a time of mixed blessings. We are thankful...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 16, 20153 min read
Wearables and The Internet of Things
By Amy Osbourne, CEI Intern Writer Scott Jones remarks, ‘We’re at the dawn of a new industry loosely called ‘˜wearable technology’ that...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 11, 20151 min read
The Internet of Things
By Amy Osbourne, CEI Intern What is the Internet of Things? Simply put, the Internet of Things is the concept of equipping any device...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 27, 20152 min read
Repurpose, Redesign, and Upgrade
Art education has the potential to serve a practical function outside of the realm of drawing, painting, sculpting, etc. Children are...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 26, 20155 min read
Presidential Candidates, Part 2
In Donald Kim’s last blog entry, he covered the education interests of possible presidential candidates. But what do we (CEI) advocate?...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 9, 20153 min read
Candidates Views on Education
The 2016 presidential election is not far off. And with the primaries and caucuses approaching within a matter of months, now is a good...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 3, 20153 min read
Common Core and Florida: Tests, Security and Changing Standards
By Joshua Hassell, CEI Intern Florida, historically a leader in educational reform, might have slightly different concerns about Common...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 28, 20154 min read
The Kinetic Classroom: The Pedal-Desk, ADHD, and the Mind-Body Connection
The modern classroom is evolving. Advanced technologies are very quickly finding their way into the learning process but these...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 24, 20153 min read
Tragedy at AME Church in Charleston and Hard Questions about those who Commit Hate Crimes
By Katie Delis, CEI Intern As we ponder these tragic events, CEI looks into the life of the shooter. The more we learn about the 21...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 26, 20151 min read
Aim High: Leading Expectations
More often than not, urban schools achieve lower academic achievement rates than the national average. Urban educators are interested in...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 21, 20152 min read
Compassion for a Stressed Student
The Dalai Lama calls compassion ‘a sensitivity to the suffering of self and others with a deep with and commitment to relieve the...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 19, 20152 min read
Featured Speakers: Implementing 21st Century Solutions in the Classroom
Date: Tuesday, June 30 | Time: 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Location: Westin Hotel, Melbourne Room, 3rd Fl Our panel discussion on the many...
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