FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2018 Contact Information: Greg Hessee Colorado Education Initiative 303-241-7214 DENVER, CO – The American Indian Measurable Success Initiative (AIMS) is hosting an Outreach Event on February 12 at Fort Lewis College to celebrate the academic growth of Native American students at Durango, Ignacio, and Montezuma-Cortez …
American Indian Initiative Celebrates Student Achievements in Southwest Colorado
Pagosa Daily Post | February 7, 2018 The American Indian Measurable Success Initiative (AIMS) is hosting an Outreach Event on February 12 at Fort Lewis College to celebrate the academic growth of Native American students at Durango, Ignacio, and Montezuma-Cortez high schools. Read more
D-11 Seeks Industry Volunteers for STEM Challenge
By Helen Robinson, The Colorado Springs Business Journal | February 7, 2018 Colorado Springs School District 11 is calling for industry volunteers to collaborate with teachers in a STEM Design Challenge to take place in downtown Colorado Springs Friday, Feb. 16. The event is a design sprint for education, in which …
CEI Promotes Personalized Learning Environments
By Tammy Schaffer, Colorado Business Roundtable | February 6, 2018 This week our focus on Connect & Collaborate is on Secondary Education. Rebecca Holmes, President and CEO of Colorado Education Initiative joins us to discuss CEI’s role in Colorado Education as an implementation expert, innovative thought leader, and a statewide convener. Watch …
The Nature of Accountability is Ready for Change
By Rebecca Holmes and Elliott Asp | January 31, 2018 Prime Opportunity at Hand CEI has spent more than a decade helping schools and districts across the state implement a number of pieces of Colorado’s reform agenda. At the same time, we’ve been a leading voice on innovations intended to …
Advanced Placement Summer Institute returns to Denver in July
Registration is now open for the 2018 AP for All Summer Institute (APSI), July 9-12, 2018. AP educators from across the nation and around the world to will convene at Metropolitan State University of Denver to discover strategies, and resources to ensure all students succeed — including students typically underrepresented …
Colorado schools are rapidly moving toward more math, science and technology focus
By Monte Whaley, The Denver Post | January 29, 2018 Colorado schools are rewiring classrooms with courses heavy in science and technology, in a bid to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. And the surest tool at their disposal is STEM, a nationwide course of study that in its purest form is endorsed …
2018 CEI Showcase
January 25, 2018 We are pleased to share CEI’s annual summer Showcase event will be held June 20-22, 2018 at the new Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center in Greeley, CO. The event begins at noon on June 20 and will adjourn at noon on June 22. The agenda for Showcase …
New Year, New Learning Networks
January 17, 2018 CEI is excited to share the launch of two Learning Networks for two of our Big Bets — High School Redesign and Competency-Based/Personalized Learning. Our strategy release last September reinforced CEI’s vision that all Colorado students develop not only the academic, but also the professional, personal, entrepreneurial, and civic …
Here’s An Innovative Idea: Give Students A Say In Teaching
By Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio | January 17, 2018 The first thing you need to know about Daniel Sharpe is that he grew up in a really small town of a few hundred people; Lake City on Colorado’s Western Slope. There he’d go to school, and the teacher would …