There is a lot going on at CEI in the next few months, and we want you to be in the know! Check out the details below for a variety of webinars, events, and program opportunities featuring our flagship events: the High School Redesign Accelerator and the AP for All Summer …
Elliott Asp Presents at iNACOL
Educators in New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado and California have embarked on an ambitious journey to fundamentally rethink the roles of assessment in student learning. The entry points are different in each state. Some are led by districts, others by the state. But all share a commitment to richer, deeper assessments …
CEI Launching Scheduling Institute in November
This fall, 15 Colorado schools will participate in a unique, professional development and design opportunity. CEI has partnered with national philanthropy Fremont Street to host a Scheduling Institute in Colorado beginning in November. We’ve secured the nationally-recognized team from Tegy and its founder, Furman Brown, to provide training programs, digital …
The “Real World” of Innovation
July 20, 2018 By Paul Beck Innovation Specialist, Colorado Education Initiative This is the true story, of seven strangers, picked to live in a house, work together, and have their lives taped. Find out what happens, when people stop being polite, and start getting real… The Real World! Remember this? MTV’s The …
New Board Members Welcomed to CEI
May 10, 2018 Three new members have joined the CEI Board of Trustees. Stephanie Donner, Lindsey Padrino, and Veronica Palmer will work closely with CEI’s other board members to set strategic direction and oversee CEI’s progress towards our vision of equitable outcomes for all students in Colorado. “I am thrilled …
CEI is Opening our Doors to 10 Innovators in Education
April 16, 2018 CEI is launching a summer Innovation Fellows Program designed to support innovative education entrepreneurs to take their ideas and ventures from infancy to implementation. This one-of-kind program is designed to support local solutions tailored for the communities where the innovators live, work, and play. The inaugural innovation …
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 …
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 …
Colorado Succeeds and Partners Announce Plan to Supercharge STEM Education in Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2017 DENVER — Colorado Succeeds and key partners, including the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) and mindSpark Learning, are joining forces to significantly expand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education across Colorado. Colorado STEM, a public-private partnership started in 2014, successfully built a diverse coalition of …