Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “innovation”
By Susan Paulsen, CEI Strategic Communications Manager Clear Creek School District (CCSD) is a rural district serving just under 700 students, located 35 miles west of Denver. CCSD serves students in Clear Creek County, which was recently identified as #13 in the nation for where COVID will have the most …
By Elaine Menardi | Not long ago, I found a statistic that blew my mind: 104 of 178 school districts in Colorado operate on a four-day school week. My brain started to race in an effort to address two key questions: What could we do with that extra day? And …
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 …
May 17, 2018 By Paul Beck Innovation Specialist, Colorado Education Initiative Here’s the dilemma. There is no shortage of innovative solutions to problems in education. But, it seems the solutions never really stick. We desperately need educators, learners, and systems leaders that can take an innovation from theory to implementation …
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 …
By Demesha Hill, Denver Business Journal | September 1, 2017 Embracing innovation and taking calculated risks are two core values that successful companies encourage every day. Whether they are in Tokyo, Silicon Valley, London, Bangalore or Denver, companies that embrace the unknown and challenge conventional wisdom position themselves for a …
By Katrina Schwartz, MindShift | June 8, 2017 When vice principal Tim Carlin arrived at Everitt Middle School in Jefferson County, Colorado, he wanted to hold a schoolwide assembly, a pretty common activity in most schools. But his principal told him that the school didn’t hold assemblies anymore because too …
July 14, 2017 The 2017 CEI Showcase: Design the Future sparked imaginations and inspired plans for action for the 300-plus educators – many of whom stepped outside of their comfort zone – to explore ideas for meeting the needs of all students in Colorado. The event, held June 28-30 in …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 Contact Information: Melissa Reeves 720-502-4756 work 303-856-8098 cell mreeves@coloradoedinitiative.org WHAT: The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) celebrates the power of Colorado teachers! WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. WHERE: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver 80205 CEI Celebrates …
