An Interview with Samantha Olson of the Colorado Education Initiative CRPE | September 18, 2018 Samantha Olson is the Vice President of Strategy for the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI), which supports districts and schools in personalized learning and systems change. CEI was part of the Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools …
Is Accountability Holding Back High School Transformation?
By Rebecca Holmes and Elliott Asp | March 31, 2018 Imagine you are the principal of a high school with limited resources for tutoring. You have a group of kids more than three years below grade level, struggling to access content in all areas because of the gaps in their …
Inside One of Three Denver Schools Serving as a National Model for How to do Discipline Differently
By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat | March 13, 2018 What struck Erika Strauss Chavarria the most was the mutual respect she saw between adults and teenagers at Denver’s North High School. Having watched her own students in Maryland get handcuffed by armed police officers in the hallways, the Spanish teacher said …
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 …