Mission
Effective public education is essential to the success of a democratic society. Themission of Center for Educational Innovation, Inc. (CEI) is threefold:1) Assist public schools in New York City and other communities in improving thequality of public education. Our professional experience and expertise help schoolsto create more productive environments in which students thrive academically,socially and emotionally. With our support, schools develop better leadership,better teaching and better systems of accountability;2) Based upon CEI's work with individual schools, advocate for policies andpractices that will lead to successful schools;3) Provide information to the public about the importance of quality publiceducation and the means of achieving it. To those ends, CEI assists large schools torestructure into sets of smaller learning communities, works with teams to createand develop charter schools, trains principals in effective leadership skills, andfacilitates collaboration betwee