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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...
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Aug 13, 20184 min read


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...
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Mar 8, 20185 min read


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...
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Aug 29, 20163 min read


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...
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Jul 25, 20162 min read


Holes
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director So is there a hole regulation industry? The holes in Dunkin Donuts, according to a top-secret...
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Aug 18, 20153 min read


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...
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Jun 28, 20154 min read


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...
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Apr 10, 20152 min read


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...
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Dec 4, 20141 min read


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...
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Jan 23, 20142 min read


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...
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Dec 29, 20131 min read


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...
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Dec 8, 20132 min read


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...
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Dec 2, 20134 min read


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...
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Sep 30, 20131 min read


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...
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Aug 28, 20131 min read
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...
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Jan 10, 20132 min read


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...
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Nov 19, 20121 min read


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Nov 16, 20120 min read


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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Nov 12, 20122 min read
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