White House
Peggy Aw, Grade 8
The Center for Educational Innovation – Public Education Association (CEI-PEA) is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that creates successful public schools and educational programs. CEI-PEA’s staff of experienced leaders in public education provides hands-on support to improve the skills of teachers and school leaders, increase parent involvement, and channel cultural and academic intervention programs into schools. The benefits of this hands-on support are multiplied through a network of more than 220 public schools in New York and other major urban school systems across the country and around the world.
Chancellor Klein Commends NYC Charter Schools for
Closing the Achievement Gap
On June 24, 2008, Chancellor Joel I. Klein met with leaders of the NYC charter school movement at CEI-PEA to congratulate them on closing the achievement gap. New York City charter school students, who are likelier to be African-American or Hispanic and eligible for free school lunch than the rest of the City and the State, outperformed students in the rest of the City and State in math and trailed by one point in English Language Arts. More>>
The Renaissance Charter School in Queens will be honored with Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Award during day-long festivities on Wednesday, May 28th. The Imagination Award, now in its second year, is given to recognize and highlight imaginative thinking in the teaching and learning practice of New York City’s public schools. The Renaissance Charter School is a member of CEI-PEA's PICCS program (Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools). More>>
On April 5, 2008, students from Harry S Truman High School competed in the New York City FIRST Tech Challenge at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. FIRST (For Inspiration of and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a nonprofit organization that partners with well known businesses as well as educational and governmental institution for the purpose of bringing science and technology opportunities to students everywhere. More>>
CEI-PEA President on "City Talk"