Teaching Mindfulness Through Play
By Didi Dunin, CEI Intern Play is a ubiquitous childhood activity, seen across all cultures and ethnicities, and even among those living...
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Kaela Farrise
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
Yoga in Schools: Apps and Videos to Bring Yoga to the Classroom
By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a 3 part series. Yoga in schools is a growing trend across the country with...
Didi Dunin
- May 31, 2019
- 4 min
Yoga in Schools: Specific Postures, Sequences, and Lesson Plans
By Didi Dunin, CEI Intern, Certified Yoga Instructor Research shows that practicing yoga in schools has a number of benefits for...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
3 Must-Read Books for 2018
Reflective educators are effective educators For teachers and leaders to be at their personal and professional best, it is essential that...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 24, 2018
- 1 min
School-Based Mindfulness and Yoga Interventions
By Nicole Colchete and Daniella Rueda, CEI Interns CARE. The CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) teacher training...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
Yoga Games
By: Madison Rogas, CEI Intern Asana Games Asana, or pose, games are great ways to get preschoolers up and moving and teaches them to be...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 11, 2018
- 3 min
Summer Yoga Camps
By Madison Rogas, CEI Intern Well, it does– summer yoga camps for youth are popping up around the U.S. as opportunities that encourage...
Center for Educational Improvement
- May 15, 2018
- 4 min
Supporting Secure Attachment and Self-Regulation through Mindfulness in Traumatized Children
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern Consequences of Erratic Parent Behavior and Insecure Attachment Attachment is a how children use their...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Mar 22, 2018
- 3 min
Educators Taking Action in Response to Gun Violence
By: Morgan Grant, CEI Intern Editor’s Note: Youth and others are gathering this Saturday, March 24, for the Protest to Live marches and...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
Practice Gratitude this Valentine’s Day
By Joanna Marzano, CEI Intern Editor’s Note: Teachers and princip I am sure at some point in your life someone has advised you to ‘listen...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Mindfulness and Maslow
By Marah Barrow, CEI Intern What if there was a way for students to come to terms with their needs and maturely express those needs to...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 20, 2017
- 1 min
CEI to Present at Principals Conference July 11 in Philadelphia
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Tuesday, July 11, 7:30-8:45 am, Room 103B at the National Principals Conference in...
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...
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...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 14, 2016
- 2 min
Using 21st Century Practices: Results of CEI’s Survey of Principals and Other Leaders
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Use of 21st Century Practices. For the purposes of the survey, CEI considered 21st Century...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jul 13, 2016
- 2 min
Healing Self, Healing our Nation
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Most days, as I engage in yoga, I automatically feel gratitude for how I have learned to...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 10, 2016
- 3 min
Empathy vs. Compassion
By Amber Nicole Dilger, CEI Intern. Is empathy a bad thing? The ability to feel someone’s pain or suffering, joy or excitement. The...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Feb 12, 2016
- 2 min
Heart Factoid
By Christine Mason Even after 15 years of teaching yoga, I also continue to be in awe of the relationship between energy, and yoga,...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Oct 21, 2014
- 1 min
Yoga Dog Inspires Kids
By Nick Jones, CEI Intern There are thousands of fitness and health videos for adults and now, thanks to the team at Kids’ Wellness...
Center for Educational Improvement
- Jun 30, 2014
- 2 min
Yoga or Vacation?
By Christine Mason. Last month I suggested that from our knowledge of how the brain works, simply ‘taking a vacation’ does not provide...