By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Upper Providence Elementary (UPE) in Royersford, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.  The school has an enrollment of about 500 students and is unique in several ways. First, it serves a high percentage of special needs students using an inclusion model. As a hub centrally located in the school district, many of the emotional support students are transported to UPE from other home schools in the area. The school has three emotional support

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director On Friday, September 16, CEI reached an agreement to begin implementation of the Heart Centered 21st Century Learning program, including our Heart Centered 21st Century Learning Rubric, in preschool classes in Cabell County, West Virginia. As part of the program, CEI is awarding $1,000 dollars for schools to use for related materials and supplies needed to assist in the implementation of the program. The goal will be to establish a p

By Mahnaz Ahrary, CEI Intern Learning and Healing Go Hand in Hand. One of my long withstanding favorite quotes by Aristotle, says it all: ‘Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.’ Imagine a place where the core mission of education was to value this idea and let the rest fall into place. CEI’s vision underscores the idea that schools can and should be designed so that children of all ages, all ethnic backgrounds and all socioeconomic levels, can

Christine Mason and Brogan Murphy, CEI Intern How can CEI assist principals and teachers in integrating 21st Century practices in their schools? In July, CEI conducted a brief online survey to help us better understand your interests and your preferences for how we conduct demonstration projects. CEI, with our collaborators, currently offers six tools to assist schools: C8 Sciences’ ACTIVATE program to enhance focus, memory, and academic achievement through cross training bra