| By: Committee for Children First Steps to Intentional SEL in Out-of-School Time Settings It can be difficult to know where to start when implementing SEL, and how the tools and initiatives can fit together to support youth social-emotional development.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Our Policy and Advocacy Year in Review | We’ve Been Busy We’ve been advocating as experts in our field for over 40 years. In 2019, we worked with Congress and played a pivotal role in passing several laws in several states.Read More
| By: Committee for Children SEL Needs Principals Principals demonstrably have an impact on student achievement and school climate, and are key to the success of social-emotional learning (SEL) within their schools.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Then & Now: Tech Evolution in the Education Space Khan Klatt, Committee for Children’s vice president of technology, talks about his path to educational technology (edtech), how edtech has evolved over the past four decades, and why social-emotional skills are integral to software development. Read More
| By: Committee for Children 12 Recommended Books About Empathy and Kindness Each grade level of Second Step has a curated list of recommended books that help reinforce the social-emotional skills taught in our classroom curricula. Here’s our list of the books in our Early Learning through Grade 2 lists that focus on kindness and empathy.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Social-Emotional Learning: It Starts with Adults We’re creating SEL for Adults, a program to help schools and districts empower school leadership and staff to deepen their own social-emotional competence, develop trusting relationships between their peers and students.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 10+ Ways to Inspire and Cultivate Kindness On November 13, nations across the world will celebrate World Kindness Day. Introduced by the World Kindness Movement, this day is meant to unify and inspire people to embrace kindness and spread it throughout communities. This November, broaden Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall 2019 Social-Emotional Learning Exchange 5 highlights from the 2019 Social-Emotional Learning Exchange, hosted by CASEL, in Chicago.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Taproot Theatre: Bringing Bullying Prevention to Life For over 20 years, Taproot Theatre in Seattle has partnered with Committee for Children to create bullying prevention performances for schools that are aligned with the latest research.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 5 Ways to Protect Tweens and Teens from Cyberbullying Cyberbullying affects millions of youth. See research, trends, and research-based tips to protect kids from being bullied digitally and in real life.Read More