S-CCATE: Helping Schools Address Trauma, Empower Staff, and Build Positive Futures
Nicole Larsen, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason, Executive Director Teachers and other school staff are under tremendous pressure right...
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Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 4, 20193 min read
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Announces Inaugural Fellows
By Christine Mason and Martha Staeheli The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (New England MHTTC) Network, one of the...
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
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 10, 20162 min read
CEI Robotics and STEM/STEAM Early Childhood Presentations in DC
By Mahnaz Ahrary and Drew Altizer, CEI Interns Fight for Children: Joe Champs Summer Institute Conference June 22nd-23rd, 2016 ‘The...
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
May 29, 20161 min read
Webinar on CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric
By Christine Mason The CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric is a research-based approach for planning, assessment, and monitoring...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 10, 20161 min read
CEI’s Final Technology Guidelines
By Christine Mason The final version of the guidelines is now available: 21st Century Technology Guidelines For Principals June 8 2015...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 15, 20154 min read
CEI’s 21st Century Learning Rubric
By Christine Mason FAQS Q: The 21st Century Rubric is organized into five primary areas. Why were they selected? A: To thrive in the...
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
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
Jan 21, 20151 min read
Baltes Wins CEI’s First Ever ‘Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use’ Competit
Alleta Baltes is the 2015 winner of CEI’s first annual Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use Competition. The contest asked...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 9, 20153 min read
Curiously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of Education
By Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern The main issues with Common Core in Arkansas are nothing new. A lack of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 22, 20141 min read
Save the Date: February 5, 2015, CEI STEAM Learning Showcase
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) Leaning Showcase Explore, Learn, Share and Collaborate Time: 4:30 pm ‘“ 6:30 pm...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 9, 20141 min read
CEI “Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use” Competition
By Christine Mason Runners up: 2nd Place: $50 gift card; 3rd place: $25 gift card. Early in 2014 we introduced CEI ‘s 21st Century...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 21, 20143 min read
Do We Really Wanna Take a Selfie: Social Media Use in the Classroom
Snap a selfie’… on Instagram then create a self-portrait and repost it. Create a Facebook page’…to promote the upcoming novel your class...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 3, 20142 min read
Made With Code: Girls in STEM
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Less than one percent of high school girls think of computer science as part of their future, even though...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jun 13, 20141 min read
CEI’s Technology Rubric: Measuring your school’s technology quotient
By Ingrid Padgett, CEI’s Strategic Initiatives Associate. We are pleased to report that with input from school administrators, school...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 3, 20143 min read
Using Minecraft in the Classroom
by Victoria Zelvin. Not too long ago, I briefly touched on some video games that are already making a difference in classrooms. Included...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 28, 20142 min read
Forging the Missing Link: Engineering for Children
What is technology? Anyone living in the first world in the twenty first century can give you examples of technology; however, defining...
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