By Marah Barrow, CEI Intern What if there was a way for students to come to terms with their needs and maturely express those needs to someone with the power to help? Wait! Mindfulness strategies can do just that. By encouraging students to use mindful techniques like deep breathing, discussion, meditation, etc., students are better able to identify the source of their discontent (St. George, 2016). While Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs may not be universally applicable, it does

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director and Paul Liabenow, CEI President Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to your teachers to respond. For more information on the survey, scroll to the bottom of this blog. Congratulations! The Grand Prize Winner, the respondent winning the $250 Amazon gift card, is Patti Smith, a second grade, special education teacher at Holmes Elementary School in Ypsilanti, MI. The recipients of the 10, $50 Amazon gift cards ar

By Christine Mason The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. Today we honor a great leader. In 1947, while a student at Morehouse College, Dr. King admonished educators to focus on more than just knowledge and intellect. He said that the “most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.”   Now, more than ever before, may be a most criti