July - 2016

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...

Music and Brain Science

By Amber Nicole Dilger, CEI Associate and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Are you incorporating music in your classrooms,...

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...

Using 21st Century Practices: Results of CEI’s Survey of Principals and Other Leaders

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Use of 21st Century Practices. For the purposes of the survey, CEI considered 21st Century...

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...

Healing Our Nation

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Dallas, Orlando, Minnesota, Baton Rougue, Charleston, Baltimore, Missouri, California,...

Trauma-Sensitive Schools

By Amber Nicole Dilger, CEI Intern. The feeling of being safe and secure allows us to take risks and explore our world. This freedom to...

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...

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?...