By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO Every May and June across Colorado we get to watch something really exciting – students graduating and transitioning to the next stage of their life. This time has always been one to reflect on the previous year, what is happening next, and how …
Colorado Classroom Project Expands Access to Literacy Instruction
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO I wanted to break our regular cycle of end-of-month newsletters to share some really important news with you. As a parent of younger children, I’ve experienced first-hand the challenges this pandemic has put into the hands of parents in Colorado. I realize that …
What’s Needed… and What’s Next
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO This has been a tough, turbulent, and challenging month for communities in Colorado. It’s been inspiring to see Coloradans across our state work together to solve the urgent challenges related to this pandemic and the dramatic changes it’s brought to our school systems. …
Social-Emotional Development: Creating Relationship-Rich School Ecosystems
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO It’s been a very exciting start to the new year here at CEI. We’ve been in every corner of the state these past weeks, from designing portraits of graduates in Grand County to building common measures for improvement in Westminster. One of the …
Setting a Foundation for Intentional and Equitable Student Learning
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO Last year, CEI worked with just over 50 Colorado school districts. The diversity of contexts across Colorado’s school systems is incredible, and we feel honored to be able to work with so many great leaders and in so many places across our great …