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    Athletics Complement Education – Year Round
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 9, 2016
    • 2 min

    Athletics Complement Education – Year Round

    By Drew Altizer, CEI Intern Finding Time. If you’re still worried about not having enough time, try working out before school. It sounds...
    Webinar on CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • May 29, 2016
    • 1 min

    Webinar on CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric

    By Christine Mason The CEI Heart Centered 21st Century Rubric is a research-based approach for planning, assessment, and monitoring...
    CEI Innovations Ship- Classrooms of the Future – at NAESP Conference
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Feb 10, 2015
    • 1 min

    CEI Innovations Ship- Classrooms of the Future – at NAESP Conference

    By Christine Mason The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) will be holding its Annual Conference in Long Beach,...
    Ethnic Minority Students Become Majority in the Classroom
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 10, 2014
    • 2 min

    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...
    CEI Executive Director’s Interview on Blog Radio
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Apr 18, 2014
    • 2 min

    CEI Executive Director’s Interview on Blog Radio

    By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director. My colleague, Kevin Simpson, Executive Director of KDSL, an international educational...
    NAESP Academic Rigor Webinar Thurs. Feb. 6
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Feb 5, 2014
    • 1 min

    NAESP Academic Rigor Webinar Thurs. Feb. 6

    Webinar Description. The NAESP Rigor seminar was developed with an eye toward providing information about rigor in the classroom,...
    Where’s the Focus? Rigor and the Common Core
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jan 17, 2014
    • 2 min

    Where’s the Focus? Rigor and the Common Core

    By Christine Mason. I have long considered ‘rigor’ to be the sweet spot of the Common Core State Standards.  In fact, by implementing the...
    Sailing and Rigging: Learning and Rigor
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 8, 2013
    • 2 min

    Sailing and Rigging: Learning and Rigor

    And from another author: “Seven miles offshore we meet our first ice. Closer in it is everywhere; there is often one floe ten yards to...
    Using Gaze Aversion to Improve Metacognition
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 18, 2013
    • 2 min

    Using Gaze Aversion to Improve Metacognition

    When 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...
    What Makes Finland’s Education System So Successful?
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Apr 16, 2013
    • 1 min

    What 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...
    Brains, the Common Core & Leadership
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Nov 19, 2012
    • 1 min

    Brains, the Common Core & Leadership

    I am participating this weekend in a conference on Learning and the Brain. Actually multi-tasking with my iPad as I listen to lectures...
    The Pursuit
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jan 19, 2012
    • 1 min

    The Pursuit

    I have been focused recently on best practices in education and have been reflecting on some of the teachers and schools that have...
    Rigor and Waivers
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Oct 13, 2011
    • 1 min

    Rigor and Waivers

    Could it be that providing a NCLB waiver will result in greater rigor?  What will states propose to do to demonstrate that they are...
    Visioning the Future of Schools….Visioning the Future
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 19, 2011
    • 2 min

    Visioning the Future of Schools….Visioning the Future

    How closely is the future of schools correlated with the future for all globally? Any guesses? What are the 5 top trends in education...

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