By Didi Dunin, CEI Intern, Certified Yoga Instructor Research shows that practicing yoga in schools has a number of benefits for students, including decreased stress; increased focus, self-regulation, and emotional cognition; and better academic performance (see Yoga in Schools Part 1). What does yoga in schools look like? To ensure students are getting the maximum benefits from these sessions, there should be a structural format that includes breath work, stretching, movemen

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Commenter Alleta Baltes stated: “With the new reauthorization of ESSA and current poverty research emphasizing controlling children’s stress in order to learn, this project is s full package. We need to consider the whole student and create environments that compensate for what students lack at home. Supportive, encouraging curriculum such as this is exactly what is needed in schools today. I have been in education since 1981 and this is the most exciting project I have seen

By Mahnaz Ahrary and Drew Altizer, CEI Interns Fight for Children: Joe Champs Summer Institute Conference June 22nd-23rd, 2016 ‘The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers: creative and empathic ‘˜right-brain’ thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn’t.’ –Daniel Pink On June 22nd and 23rd, the Joe Champs Summer Institute of Fight for Children featured

CEI is overjoyed to announce that our “Heart-Centered 21st Century Learning” project has been named a Pioneer in the Children’s Well-Being Initiative! We have been invited into the inner council of Ashoka and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, forging a better vision for the lives of children growing up in America. Children’s Wellbeing is hosting a Twitter Chat TOMORROW (Aug. 3) at 1-2pm EDT, and we are participating! You can join the conversation anytime by following the ha