Center for Educational ImprovementOct 7, 20162 minWater Safety and RisksBy Brogan Murphy, CEI Intern Access to Clean Water. When you thought of safety and security, water safety, the consistent and reliable...
Center for Educational ImprovementDec 11, 20152 minBack to the StatesBy Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director We recommend you click on the links to listen as you read. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its...
Center for Educational ImprovementSep 27, 20155 minPresidential Candidates, Part 2In Donald Kim’s last blog entry, he covered the education interests of possible presidential candidates. But what do we (CEI) advocate?...
Center for Educational ImprovementSep 9, 20153 minCandidates Views on EducationThe 2016 presidential election is not far off. And with the primaries and caucuses approaching within a matter of months, now is a good...
Center for Educational ImprovementJul 3, 20153 minCommon Core and Florida: Tests, Security and Changing StandardsBy Joshua Hassell, CEI Intern Florida, historically a leader in educational reform, might have slightly different concerns about Common...
Center for Educational ImprovementJan 9, 20153 minCuriously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of EducationBy 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 ImprovementDec 18, 20143 minInnumeracy and Integrating Math across the CurriculumBy Lindsay Reeves, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason The old patterns of isolating math instruction, over a gradual period of time, have...
Center for Educational ImprovementDec 8, 20143 minPedagogical Shifts in Common Core MathematicsBy Lindsay Reeves, CEI Intern In the past, the general emphasis in math has been on the breadth of the content, not the depth. Common...
Center for Educational ImprovementDec 6, 20144 minCuriously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of EducationBy Elijah Mercer, CEI Education Policy and Communications Intern Up and Down Battle. While Arizona has adopted the Common Core Standards,...
Center for Educational ImprovementNov 18, 20143 minCuriously Common: A Blog Series Keeping You Curious about the Common Nature of EducationBy Elijah Mercer, CEI Intern Since 2010, 46 states have adopted the Common Core Curriculum Standards (CCSS). Of America’s 50 states, only...
Center for Educational ImprovementNov 5, 20144 minMany Parents, Teachers Think Common Core Testing Is OverwhelmingBy Elijah Mercer, CEI Intern The debate concerning the implementation of Common Core testing standards is now shifting from policy makers...
Center for Educational ImprovementOct 23, 20143 minArne Duncan Offers Insight into Challenges of TestingBy 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 ImprovementOct 3, 20142 minCEI Visits Chesterfield AcademyBy 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 ImprovementSep 10, 20142 minEthnic Minority Students Become Majority in the ClassroomBy 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 ImprovementAug 21, 20142 minYour 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 ImprovementJul 22, 20142 minArts IntegrationBy Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Arts Education has frequently taken a backseat to the concepts of 21st century learning, something, and...
Center for Educational ImprovementJun 9, 20142 minHeart Centered Common Core Book ListBy Melanie Holland, CEI Intern From Kathleen Odean, a past chair of the prestigious Newbery Award Committee, comes recommendations for...
Center for Educational ImprovementMar 18, 20143 minMontessori and the CCSS or Montessori vs. the CCSS?Montessori, the Method. The Montessori Method is based on the idea that each child must be permitted to control his or her own learning...
Center for Educational ImprovementMar 14, 20143 minThe Common Core or the Common Chore?Are your curricula aligned? That’s a lot of pressure for teachers! They’ve got to scrape together materials, which may or may not reflect...
Center for Educational ImprovementFeb 5, 20141 minNAESP Academic Rigor Webinar Thurs. Feb. 6Webinar Description. The NAESP Rigor seminar was developed with an eye toward providing information about rigor in the classroom,...