Center for Educational ImprovementAug 9, 20162 minAthletics Complement Education – Year RoundBy Drew Altizer, CEI Intern Finding Time. If you’re still worried about not having enough time, try working out before school. It sounds...
Center for Educational ImprovementMay 29, 20161 minWebinar on CEI Heart Centered 21st Century RubricBy Christine Mason The CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric is a research-based approach for planning, assessment, and monitoring...
Center for Educational ImprovementFeb 10, 20151 minCEI Innovations Ship- Classrooms of the Future – at NAESP ConferenceBy Christine Mason The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) will be holding its Annual Conference in Long Beach,...
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 ImprovementApr 18, 20142 minCEI Executive Director’s Interview on Blog RadioBy Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director. My colleague, Kevin Simpson, Executive Director of KDSL, an international educational...
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,...
Center for Educational ImprovementJan 17, 20142 minWhere’s the Focus? Rigor and the Common CoreBy Christine Mason. I have long considered ‘rigor’ to be the sweet spot of the Common Core State Standards. In fact, by implementing the...
Center for Educational ImprovementDec 8, 20132 minSailing and Rigging: Learning and RigorAnd from another author: “Seven miles offshore we meet our first ice. Closer in it is everywhere; there is often one floe ten yards to...
Center for Educational ImprovementSep 18, 20132 minUsing Gaze Aversion to Improve MetacognitionWhen a difficult question is posed, do you look left or right while thinking about your response? Do you look up or down as you consider...
Center for Educational ImprovementApr 16, 20131 minWhat Makes Finland’s Education System So Successful?By Joseph Jay Williams, Doctoral Candidate University of California Berkeley, Research Assistant CEI. Finland has received a great deal...
Center for Educational ImprovementNov 19, 20121 minBrains, the Common Core & LeadershipI am participating this weekend in a conference on Learning and the Brain. Actually multi-tasking with my iPad as I listen to lectures...
Center for Educational ImprovementJan 19, 20121 minThe PursuitI have been focused recently on best practices in education and have been reflecting on some of the teachers and schools that have...
Center for Educational ImprovementOct 13, 20111 minRigor and WaiversCould it be that providing a NCLB waiver will result in greater rigor? What will states propose to do to demonstrate that they are...
Center for Educational ImprovementAug 19, 20112 minVisioning the Future of Schools….Visioning the FutureHow closely is the future of schools correlated with the future for all globally? Any guesses? What are the 5 top trends in education...