leadership

Youth Listening: Why, Where, and How to Start

By Caroline Geithner, CEI Intern When it comes to tackling youth problems, we tend to design and deliver programs without directly...

How Can Schools Create Safe Spaces for Black Students?

By Kaela Farrise, CEI Program Assistant, Innovation & Research Support Note: This blog is part 2 of a series on supporting Black students...

Healing: A Role for Educators

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director As educators return from their summer breaks and begin to establish routines this fall, we are...

Teachers and Families Collaborating to Educate Children During School Closures

By Hailey Jordan, CEI Intern Many schools across the world closed this spring in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Featured Fellow: Joelle Brookner Demonstrates Leadership and Compassion in Western Massachusetts

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support When Joelle Brookner became a Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC)...

Visioning with Intention to Change the World by Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support What do great schools have in common? What sets a successful school apart...

Featured Fellow: Addressing Trauma with Joan Cavallo, St. Albans City School Principal

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support In her 12 years at St. Albans City School, a Pre-K-8 school of 800 students,...

Featured Fellow: Transforming a School with Jim O’Rourke, Principal, Hillsboro-Deering High School

By Will Foley, CEI Intern Hope, Potential, and the Turnaround When Principal O’Rourke took charge of Hillsboro-Deering High School in New...

Defiant or Depressed? Working with Black Girls in the School Setting

By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern Because children spend more time with teachers and other school personnel during a typical school year than...

Mindfulness & Compassion: Innovations for Leaders in Government and Business

By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Mindfulness is transforming many schools in the U.S. and around the world...

Mindfulness and Transformational School Leadership

By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Visions and Inspiration “Transformational leaders do not think in one place and time, rather,...