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    Teaching Mindfulness Through Play
    Didi Dunin
    • Oct 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    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...
    Yoga in Schools: Apps and Videos to Bring Yoga to the Classroom
    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...
    Yoga in Schools: Specific Postures, Sequences, and Lesson Plans
    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...
    3 Must-Read Books for 2018
    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...
    School-Based Mindfulness and Yoga Interventions
    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...
    Yoga Games
    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...
    Summer Yoga Camps
    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...
    Supporting Secure Attachment and Self-Regulation through Mindfulness  in Traumatized Children
    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...
    Educators Taking Action in Response to Gun Violence
    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...
    Practice Gratitude this Valentine’s Day
    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...
    Mindfulness and Maslow
    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...
    CEI to Present at Principals Conference July 11 in Philadelphia
    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...
    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...
    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...
    Using 21st Century Practices: Results of CEI’s Survey of Principals and Other Leaders
    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...
    Healing Self, Healing our Nation
    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...
    Empathy vs. Compassion
    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...
    Heart Factoid
    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,...
    Yoga Dog Inspires Kids
    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...
    Yoga or Vacation?
    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...
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