Innumeracy and Integrating Math across the Curriculum
By Lindsay Reeves, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason The old patterns of isolating math instruction, over a gradual period of time, have...
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Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 16, 20145 min read
Ebola, 5 Million Out-of-School Children, and Instability
By Danait Berhe, CEI Intern A ten year-old, Amos Johnson, who is in second grade, at James. E. Green Elementary School in Logan Town,...
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
Dec 6, 20144 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 Up and Down Battle. While Arizona has adopted the Common Core Standards,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 4, 20141 min read
2015 Tax Deductible Donations to CEI
December 2015. CEI needs your help to continue our work. For the next month, CEI will be able to match donations up to $2,000’”dollar for...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 26, 20142 min read
CEI Gives Thanks
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Thanksgiving! CEI continues to thrive due to a dedicated team, your interest and support, and...
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
Nov 17, 20141 min read
Mind & Life International Symposium with the Dalai Lama
By Christine Mason Michele and I found ourselves surrounded by others who were thrilled to be learning more about the value of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 5, 20144 min read
Many Parents, Teachers Think Common Core Testing Is Overwhelming
By Elijah Mercer, CEI Intern The debate concerning the implementation of Common Core testing standards is now shifting from policy makers...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 30, 20143 min read
Learning from the Student’s View
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern Much of the conversation on teaching relies on the observation of educators and administrators ‘“ those leading...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 23, 20143 min read
Arne Duncan Offers Insight into Challenges of Testing
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern In a recent Washington Post opinion piece by Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education calls for a balanced...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 3, 20142 min read
CEI Visits Chesterfield Academy
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern Last month, the CEI team of Dr. Chris Mason, Liz Parry, and Sue Mullane visited Chesterfield Academy to offer...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 30, 20144 min read
Transformations: Ours and Yours
Are you feeling the impact of all the events in the world, your school, your life? It is astounding how one event, one thought, one...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 23, 20142 min read
The Importance of Recycling
By Kelley Wells, CEI Intern The world is a beautiful place to live, but it will not remain this way unless humans do something soon....
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 16, 20143 min read
Changing Demographics Demand Continued Support for Students and Staff
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern As the number of English language learners (ELLs) in the American public school system continues to grow, so...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 10, 20142 min read
Ethnic Minority Students Become Majority in the Classroom
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern This fall marks the first school year that ethnic and racial minority students are the majority in public...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 2, 20143 min read
Creating Compassionate and Caring School Environments for All Students
By Michele M. Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Tend well the garden of your soul’… Live strong with purpose and compassion’…...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 21, 20142 min read
Your Journey this Year
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” John O’Donohue By Christine Mason, CEI...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 11, 20142 min read
Gaming our way into the Future
Norrell Edwards, CEI Intern. We’d choose a game labeled with the grade level I would be entering that fall, as well as games that would...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 8, 20141 min read
Female Role Models Who Inspire Us
By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. We at CEI strive to keep female role models and leaders in history at the forefront of our Heart Centered...
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