Industry professionals offer Aurora STEM students chance to grow

By Quincy Snowdon, Aurora Sentinel | November 18, 2016 Prairie Middle School will be enlisting some outside help in the coming months to further bolster the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum. Prairie was one of just four middle schools in the state selected earlier this month by …

CEI Helps Colorado Middle Schools Place STEM Mentors in the Classroom

By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | November 3, 2016 Colorado’s STEM industry professionals are headed back to class — to mentor! “We’re very lucky to have partners like The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin that are donating their time, talent, and financial resources to partner with teachers in …

Creating change with student survey data

Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | October 5, 2016 Districts and schools across Colorado are increasingly surveying their students, but are they using that survey data to drive better decision making or improve student outcomes? “CEI’s Student Perception Survey and other surveys that measure social-emotional learning can help identify gaps, solve …

CEI supports military students and families in academic success

Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | October 5, 2016 CEI’s Colorado Legacy Schools (CLS) AP program partners with the U.S. Department of Defense’s (USDoD), Joining Forces program, and the National Math and Science Initiative to help military children become college-ready with STEM and AP courses in up to 10 Colorado schools serving large …

Students train to meet demand with STEM classes

By Byron Reed, 9NEWS | October 7, 2016 For many classrooms across Colorado, exploring new ideas is nothing new. And for Poudre High School senior Olivia Brett, exploring these ideas in her classroom transfers into opportunity. “It’s allowing kids to explore ideas and careers that may have not been presented …