Valley Courier | April 12, 2018 Mountain Valley School District is proud to announce it is a 2018 Healthy School Champion and has won the $2,500 Silver Award for its school health efforts. As one of 47 champions named as a 2018 Healthy School Champion, the school’s work will be honored …
Colorado Springs Teacher’s Experiment Aims to Reach Every Student in Class
By Jenny Brundin, The Denver Post | April 1, 2018 Sometimes it’s tough for one group of kids to get going in a fifth-grade class at Colorado Springs’ Trailblazer Elementary. “When I get off track it’s sometimes because it’s loud in the room and I need a quiet space and …
Is Accountability Holding Back High School Transformation?
By Rebecca Holmes and Elliott Asp | March 31, 2018 Imagine you are the principal of a high school with limited resources for tutoring. You have a group of kids more than three years below grade level, struggling to access content in all areas because of the gaps in their …
Inside One of Three Denver Schools Serving as a National Model for How to do Discipline Differently
By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat | March 13, 2018 What struck Erika Strauss Chavarria the most was the mutual respect she saw between adults and teenagers at Denver’s North High School. Having watched her own students in Maryland get handcuffed by armed police officers in the hallways, the Spanish teacher said …
To Keep Kids Tuned In, Trailblazer Elementary Takes Teachers Out Of The Driver Seat
By Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio | March 15, 2018 Change is underway at a network of Colorado Springs schools looking to break away from the traditional model for teaching. Each of these Next Generation Learning schools redesigned themselves to create more relevant, authentic learning experiences. It’s been a radical shift …
How Next Generation Learning Guides Every Student Toward Their Full Potential
By Paul Beck | March 2, 2018 Teachers applying for jobs in Colorado Springs District 11 are in for a bit of a shock. There will be standard parts of their interview, of course, meetings with administrators and other teachers. But those interviews will also include much younger, smaller faces: …
A Grass Roots Approach to Rethinking Accountability
By Elliott Asp and Rebecca Holmes | February 28, 2018 Accountability is one of education’s most vexing problems. It demands new approaches and a clarified purpose. At CEI, we are eager to explore approaches that drive ownership and improvement at the local level. One promising approach is the Student-Centered Accountability …
Local high school students get bonuses for taking AP classes
By Sarah Ferguson, Fox21 News | February 27, 2018 Coronado High School is hoping a recent grant will encourage more students to take AP classes. The three-year grant is part of the Colorado Legacy Schools Initiative, awarded to Coronado in 2017, and bringing nearly $20,000 to the high school. Read more
Program Boosts College Readiness for Native American Students in Southwest Colorado
By Patrick Armijo, The Durango Herald | February 13, 2018 “You don’t have to go through this alone.” With that simple statement, Torey Archuleta, a Fort Lewis College freshman majoring in elementary education, explained the greatest benefit she had received from the American Indian Measurable Success Initiative. Read more
Computer Science Rising to the Top as a K-12 Priority in Colorado
February 9, 2018 What are the jobs of the future and how can we prepare kids for these jobs? How do teachers keep up with emerging technology? These questions are being discussed daily in schools, districts, colleges, state and national legislatures–as well as in business meetings and at the kitchen …