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    Elastic Thinking: Staying Competitive in Our Fast-Paced World
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Elastic Thinking: Staying Competitive in Our Fast-Paced World

    Dana Asby, CEI Intern Whereas more and more people are aware of neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to heal and form new neural...
    A Teacher’s Appeal to the Heart – Does Spirituality Have a Place in Schools?
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Mar 8, 2018
    • 5 min

    A Teacher’s Appeal to the Heart – Does Spirituality Have a Place in Schools?

    By Marah Barrows, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason Does spirituality have a place in schools? A tough question. Particularly since we have...
    Where is Your School Headed? Dissolve Your Problems & Be an Outlier
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 29, 2016
    • 3 min

    Where is Your School Headed? Dissolve Your Problems & Be an Outlier

    By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director If your school is like many others, you may be feeling that there is little chance that...
    Building Compassion through Games and Strategies
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jul 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Building Compassion through Games and Strategies

    By Jordan Gilliard, CEI Intern More than 60 educational studies showing that there is a significant effect on students’ academic...
    Holes
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 18, 2015
    • 3 min

    Holes

    By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director So is there a hole regulation industry? The holes in Dunkin Donuts, according to a top-secret...
    The Kinetic Classroom: The Pedal-Desk, ADHD, and the Mind-Body Connection
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jun 28, 2015
    • 4 min

    The Kinetic Classroom: The Pedal-Desk, ADHD, and the Mind-Body Connection

    The modern classroom is evolving. Advanced technologies are very quickly finding their way into the learning process but these...
    Community Schools as a Model for Heart Centered Education
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Apr 10, 2015
    • 2 min

    Community Schools as a Model for Heart Centered Education

    By Michele Rivers Murphy, Ed.D., CEI Research Associate Community schools set the pace for engaging and meaningful home-school...
    2015 Tax Deductible Donations to CEI
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 4, 2014
    • 1 min

    2015 Tax Deductible Donations to CEI

    December 2015. CEI needs your help to continue our work. For the next month, CEI will be able to match donations up to $2,000’”dollar for...
    From Darkness to Light: Shedding Light on the Universe
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jan 23, 2014
    • 2 min

    From Darkness to Light: Shedding Light on the Universe

    By Kevin Manning, Astronomer and CEI Trainer and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director What do your students and teachers know about...
    The Speed of Light, STEM & Awe
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 30, 2013
    • 1 min

    The Speed of Light, STEM & Awe

    Still, the matter is not settled. NASA engineers have been busy trying to “warp” the trajectory of a photon, to accelerate light. If you...
    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...
    Healing in the Classroom
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Dec 2, 2013
    • 4 min

    Healing in the Classroom

    At the end of my three years at this school, I realized what I valued most highly was the healing that occurred with these students. I am...
    The 40 Day Challenge: Part II
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Sep 30, 2013
    • 1 min

    The 40 Day Challenge: Part II

    I did the exercise myself, and here are some of my observations from my personal 40 day challenge: I could be more compassionate. I don’t...
    The 40 Day Challenge: Part I
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Aug 28, 2013
    • 1 min

    The 40 Day Challenge: Part I

    Those of you who are following our heart-centered work will be aware that we are using these themes to drive social emotional learning...
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Jan 10, 2013
    • 2 min

    Ending Violence in Schools

    The recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, weighs heavily on my mind. Those of you who have followed Wow!Ed and...
    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...
    LearnLab
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Nov 16, 2012
    • 0 min

    LearnLab

    Being the Chefs
    Center for Educational Improvement
    • Nov 12, 2012
    • 2 min

    Being the Chefs

    With Thanksgiving around the corner, I thought it might be appropriate to reflect on what’s happening in education. In a presentation to...

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