Social-Emotional Learning: States Collaborate to Craft Standards, Policies

Education Week - Evie Blad "Eight states will work collaboratively [...]

August 3rd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, Georgia, Learning, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, News, Pennsylvania, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Tennessee, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Today’s Students May Be Emotionally Unprepared

The New York Times - MARC BRACKETT "Regardless of all [...]

July 31st, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotions, High School, Higher Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kids in crisis: One-third of California 11th-graders surveyed say they are chronically sad

The Mercury News - Sharon Noguchi "In a potential crisis [...]

July 24th, 2016|Categories: California, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, High School, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Summer and after-school programs can promote social and emotional learning

ED Source - Jennifer Peck and David Plank "When we [...]

July 20th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, summer, Summer camp, Summer slide, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Always Model Kindness, Especially to Children

Education News - Julia Steiny "The trim, tall elementary teacher, [...]

July 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotions, Empathy, Learning, News, School, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Should happiness be part of the school curriculum?

The Telegraph - Olivia Parker "Every morning after the register, [...]

July 11th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Learning, Mindfulness, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Want happy, successful kids? Teach them empathy

Today - Dr. Michele Borba ""What do kids really need [...]

June 8th, 2016|Categories: Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Educators, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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High School Suspensions Cost The Country $35 Billion Annually, Report Estimates

NPR Ed - Anya Kamenetz "When students get suspended from [...]

June 3rd, 2016|Categories: Behavior, Discipline, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, High School, Restorative justice, School, School Discipline, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), Suspension, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Why Emotions Are Integral to Learning

KQED News Mind/Shift - Mary Helen Immordino-Yang "Teachers intuitively know [...]

May 31st, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why Self-Compassion Works Better Than Self-Esteem

The Atlantic - Olga Khazan "In 1986, California state assemblyman [...]

May 15th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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