Mindfulness in Portugal: Leveraging Social Labs to Catalyze Grassroots Change
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern Educational fads can be frustrating for teachers, because once the hype dies down, good programs are often...
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Shu Jie Ting
- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
Mindfulness Movement in the United Arab Emirates
By Shu Jie Ting, CEI Intern Mindfulness is a phenomenon that is becoming widely applied across the globe. The United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Dec 13, 2018
- 4 min
Comparing Mindfulness Practices Across the United States and Canada
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern, and Kaitlyn Butterfield, Canadian Graduate Student When Christopher and colleagues compared...
Lindsey Erin Feltis
- Oct 14, 2018
- 3 min
Looking at Discipline Differently: Bringing Restorative Discipline to the Classroom
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern In recent years, schools that are implementing restorative practices have reported stronger...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Mindfulness Based Mentoring: A Focus on Students from Pre-K to Higher Education
Join us for this IMA Webinar! Mindfulness-Based Mentoring: A Focus on Students from Pre-K to Higher Education Attend this webinar to...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Review of I Am Here Now: A Creative Mindfulness Guide and Journal
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern One way to make mindfulness a regular part of your routine is to use a mindfulness journal to structure your...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
The Trauma of Immigrating to America: An Interview with a Seasoned Immigration Lawyer
By: Dana Asby, CEI Intern I spoke with Ben Simpson, an immigration lawyer with Cohen Formane Barone, LLP who has been connecting science...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 29, 2018
- 3 min
A Change in Policy is Not Enough: Why Swift Reunification of Families is Imperative
By: Dana Asby, CEI Intern Emotional Support in ICE Detention Centers While some administrators attempt to reassure the public that the...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
Separating Children from Families at the Border Has Short-and Long-Term Mental Health Consequences
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern and Christine Mason, Executive Director At CEI, we, like many around the world, are struggling to understand how...
Center for Educational Improvement
- May 15, 2018
- 4 min
Innovations in Early Education Programs
By: Morgan Grant, CEI Intern However, with so many programs available it can be difficult to decipher which ones are noteworthy. Programs...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Mar 12, 2018
- 2 min
Compassionate School Culture: Add Your Voice – Respond by March 22
Click here to begin the survey. Principals, please forward to your teachers to respond. We welcome responses from K-8 teachers We are...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
Practice Gratitude this Valentine’s Day
By Joanna Marzano, CEI Intern Editor’s Note: Teachers and princip I am sure at some point in your life someone has advised you to ‘listen...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Feb 8, 2018
- 3 min
Poverty – What is a Compassionate Response?
by Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Editors Note: in 2016-2017, CEI took a deep look at hunger and food scarcity. Over several...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Aug 11, 2017
- 3 min
PeaceJam: A Program To Reduce Bullying and Further Compassion
By Nicole Colchete, CEI Intern What Is PeaceJam? Examples of PeaceJam’s Global Success One reason why PeaceJam is so influential is...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
Education’s Role in Nurturing Children in Finland
By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern Play. Before attending elementary school, Finnish children go to daycare. Instead of formally teaching...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 29, 2016
- 3 min
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...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Nov 21, 2015
- 1 min
Flowers and Candles
By Christine Mason As we in America prepare for Thanksgiving this year, it is for many of us a time of mixed blessings. We are thankful...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Sep 8, 2015
- 2 min
One World
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director The horrific images of immigrants traveling by boat, foot, truck, and train these past few...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jan 19, 2015
- 2 min
Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love
‘I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Dec 16, 2014
- 5 min
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,...
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