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How To Support LGBTQ+ Youth
By India Foster, Communications Strategist, School Mental Health Initiative, New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Pride...
Take HEART Awareness Week: Celebrate and Share With Us!
Take HEART Awareness Week: Celebrate and Share With Us!
Black History Month Resource Guide for Educators and Families
By Ingrid Padgett, Communications and Program Strategist, School Mental Health Initiative, New England MHTTC The Center for Racial...
Back to School After COVID-19 Part V: Fostering an Equitable Community that Promotes Safety for All
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support This is a part of the special series Back to School After COVID-19. View Part...
How Can Schools Create Safe Spaces for Black Students?
By Kaela Farrise, CEI Program Assistant, Innovation & Research Support Note: This blog is part 2 of a series on supporting Black students...
Courageous Conversations Part IV: Examining an Urgent Need for Change
By Dr. Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director, Kaela Farrise, CEI Program Assistant, Innovation & Research Support, and Kelsey Remeis,...
Educators: The Heart of the Paradigm Shift
By Orinthia Harris, PhD, CEI Educator and STEM/STEAM Consultant I am heartbroken by the conditions in our nation that have led to...
Courageous Conversations in the Classroom Part III: Discussing Racial Inequity
By Ishani Das, CEI Intern What is the child’s right to learn? This is the central question that Glenn Singleton, creator of the...
Courageous Conversations, Part II: Empowering Students to Have Difficult Conversations
By Aisha Powell, CEI Intern U.S. students average six hours a day, 30 hours a week, more than 1,000 hours a year in school (National...
Courageous Conversations in the Classroom Part I: A Partnering Tool to Achieve Equity in Schools
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support and Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, Educator, Yale Program for Recovery and Community...
Equity in Education Part III: Methods for Teaching Students about Equity
By Didi Dunin, CEI Intern This is the third part in the special series Equity in Education. Understanding the causes and consequences of...
Defiant or Depressed? Working with Black Girls in the School Setting
By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern Because children spend more time with teachers and other school personnel during a typical school year than...
Helping Immigrant Children: How Educators Can Support Students Before & After an ICE Raid
By William Foley, Jr., CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support After the recent Immigration and Customs...
Looking at Discipline Differently: Bringing Restorative Discipline to the Classroom
By Lindsey Erin Feltis, CEI Intern In recent years, schools that are implementing restorative practices have reported stronger...
Compassionate Discipline in Practice
By Maddy Pribanova, CEI Intern Overcoming Resistance Sometimes compassion and communication are not enough. The experience of child...
Separating Children from Families at the Border Has Short-and Long-Term Mental Health Consequences
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern and Christine Mason, Executive Director At CEI, we, like many around the world, are struggling to understand how...
Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities
For the last several decades schools have followed regulations to make sure students who are identified as having disabilities have...
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...
Poverty – What is a Compassionate Response?
by Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Editors Note: in 2016-2017, CEI took a deep look at hunger and food scarcity. Over several...
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