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    CEI Partner: The Collaboration Nation Survey
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Nov 14, 2016
    • 1 min

    CEI Partner: The Collaboration Nation Survey

    Getting involved in our research efforts is really easy! You can fill out this survey HERE. We greatly appreciate your support by...
    Research-based Math with Graphically Rich Animations
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Oct 3, 2016
    • 3 min

    Research-based Math with Graphically Rich Animations

    By Sam Walters, CEI Intern Students love technology.  As someone who taught middle school math last year for DC Public Schools, I...
    Tools to Implement 21st Century Practices: A CEI Survey
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 1, 2016
    • 4 min

    Tools to Implement 21st Century Practices: A CEI Survey

    Christine Mason and Brogan Murphy, CEI Intern How can CEI assist principals and teachers in integrating 21st Century practices in their...
    New Ways to Engage Students: Makerspaces
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 29, 2016
    • 1 min

    New Ways to Engage Students: Makerspaces

    By Grace Rubenstein, CEI Intern Engaging, fun, hands-on experiences. Makerspaces serve as a balancing act against the stifling nature of...
    CEI Robotics and STEM/STEAM Early Childhood Presentations in DC
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    CEI Robotics and STEM/STEAM Early Childhood Presentations in DC

    By Mahnaz Ahrary and Drew Altizer, CEI Interns Fight for Children: Joe Champs Summer Institute Conference June 22nd-23rd, 2016 ‘The...
    Engineer’s Week Feb. 21-27
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Feb 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    Engineer’s Week Feb. 21-27

    What are you doing to honor Engineer’s week?  You might consider reaching out to local engineers to ask for their participation, having...
    CEI Offers Early Childhood STEM/STEAM Workshops
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 18, 2015
    • 1 min

    CEI Offers Early Childhood STEM/STEAM Workshops

    By Christine Mason While our initial offerings will be held in Washington DC between January -May 2016, please let us know if you are...
    CEI’s 21st Century Learning Rubric
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 15, 2015
    • 4 min

    CEI’s 21st Century Learning Rubric

    By Christine Mason FAQS Q: The 21st Century Rubric is organized into five primary areas. Why were they selected? A:  To thrive in the...
    Repurpose, Redesign, and Upgrade
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Oct 27, 2015
    • 2 min

    Repurpose, Redesign, and Upgrade

    Art education has the potential to serve a practical function outside of the realm of drawing, painting, sculpting, etc. Children are...
    Bread & Roses
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 4, 2015
    • 2 min

    Bread & Roses

    Last night, at about 8:30 pm I found myself at a nearby Staples store.  This store was as busy as I had ever seen it. Parents and...
    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,...
    Baltes Wins CEI’s First Ever ‘Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use’ Competit
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jan 21, 2015
    • 1 min

    Baltes Wins CEI’s First Ever ‘Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use’ Competit

    Alleta Baltes is the 2015 winner of CEI’s first annual Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use Competition.   The contest asked...
    Save the Date: February 5, 2015, CEI STEAM Learning Showcase
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 22, 2014
    • 1 min

    Save the Date: February 5, 2015, CEI STEAM Learning Showcase

    Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) Leaning Showcase Explore, Learn, Share and Collaborate Time: 4:30 pm ‘“ 6:30 pm...
    Innumeracy and Integrating Math across the Curriculum
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 18, 2014
    • 3 min

    Innumeracy and Integrating Math across the Curriculum

    By Lindsay Reeves, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason The old patterns of isolating math instruction, over a gradual period of time, have...
    CEI “Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use” Competition
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 9, 2014
    • 1 min

    CEI “Guidelines for 21st Century Technology Use” Competition

    By Christine Mason Runners up:  2nd Place: $50 gift card; 3rd place: $25 gift card. Early in 2014 we introduced CEI ‘s 21st Century...
    The Importance of Recycling
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 23, 2014
    • 2 min

    The Importance of Recycling

    By Kelley Wells, CEI Intern The world is a beautiful place to live, but it will not remain this way unless humans do something soon....
    Arts Integration
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jul 22, 2014
    • 2 min

    Arts Integration

    By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Arts Education has frequently taken a backseat to the concepts of 21st century learning, something, and...
    Engineering Empathy
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jul 15, 2014
    • 2 min

    Engineering Empathy

    By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Educators at every level of schooling’”from Pre-K to Higher Education’”benefit from including lessons...
    Made With Code: Girls in STEM
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jul 3, 2014
    • 2 min

    Made With Code: Girls in STEM

    By Melanie Holland, CEI Intern. Less than one percent of high school girls think of computer science as part of their future, even though...
    Learning With Portals
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Apr 4, 2014
    • 2 min

    Learning With Portals

    Portal is, at it’s core, a physics platformer. Players, called “Test Subjects” are locked in a room, with the exit on the opposite side...
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