By Nic Garcia, Chalkbeat | September 7, 2016 A buzzword in public education and a popular concept with the business community, STEM is billed as an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to learning that exposes students to hands-on experiences to prepare them for the 21st-century economy. To get a measure of STEM …
High Demand for STEM Mentors in the Classroom
August 31, 2016 When CEI’s STEM initiative announced the opportunity for Colorado middle schools to apply for a STEM mentorship pilot that begins this fall, they didn’t know what kind of response they would get. “We had more than 40 schools answer the call,” said CEI’s STEM director Angela Baber. …
Boeing and Lockheed support STEM projects
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | July 14, 2016 The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin are donating time, talent and financial resources to Colorado middle school classrooms. At the 2016 Colorado Education Initiative Showcase, these two companies announced the launch of a STEM mentorship pilot in a partnership with …
Teacher works to bring more Native Americans to AP classes
By Nelson Garcia, 9News | July 13, 2016 Life on the reservation can be difficult for students. Poverty and other issues are prevalent. But, a teacher in Durango believes teens’ lives can be changed by offering a new class. “Really, just all kids, girls and boys from all socio-economic levels, …
Looking forward, back at school year
By Karen Quanbeck, Jeffco Schools, Golden Transcript | July 12, 2016 In many of our schools, students are enjoying more project-based learning, hands-on projects that require working in small groups and solving messy problems. Small groups of educators from Wheat Ridge are attending conferences across the state to learn from …
Three Ways to Fix District PD—Tap Internal Talent, Analyze Your Data Footprint, and Listen
By Karen Johnson, EdSurge.com | July 11, 2016 Last fall, Mancos worked with the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) to conduct a “readiness assessment” of its ability to support and train educators to adopt the new tool. Using a collaborative process, facilitators met with school leaders and teachers to tease out the …
STEM Mentorship Pilot Announced, Applications Accepted Through Aug. 13
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | July 6, 2016 The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin are donating their time, talent, and financial resources to Colorado middle school classrooms. At the 2016 CEI Showcase, these two CEI Colorado STEM Champions announced the launch of a STEM mentorship pilot in a partnership …
STEM Design Challenge Puts Business Mentors and Money into Colorado Classrooms
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | July 2, 2016 It started with a three-day challenge for Colorado educators to show off their most creative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) projects to colleagues and industry professionals — and ended with three talented educators’ projects each receiving over $2,000 …
AP summer institute lends teachers support, training for increased student success
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | June 28, 2016 More than half of U.S. high school students who show the potential to succeed in rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) coursework never enroll. Yet, research shows that high school students who take AP classes are far more likely to go …
“I Found Encouragement and Momentum…” Apply by July 12 for Fall 2016 School Retool!
June 8, 2016 When Poudre High School Principal Kathy Mackay signed up for CEI’s first School Retool, a one-of-a-kind leadership fellowship, she thought she would learn more about design thinking and project-based learning, but she walked away with much more. “I found encouragement and momentum,” said Mackay. “It was a …