| By: Committee for Children How to Change a Culture of Hazing in Schools http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130304/news/703049923/Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Lighting the Fire for SEL You know those weeks that are so packed with exciting events, they leave you breathless at the end? Last week was one of those for us here at Committee for Children.Read More
| By: Committee for Children SEL Goes to Washington (D.C.) On Thursday, February 7, 2013, Committee for Children hosted a congressional briefing in our nation’s capital to educate lawmakers about the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) and its relevance to school safety and academic success. The interest in this briefing was high: There were 77 attendees, most of whom were House and Senate staff (very solid representation from both sides of the aisle). There were also a fair number of national…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Sticks and Stones by Emily Bazelon Reading Level: Adult Over the last couple of decades, the issue of bullying has become a tangled ball of many threads, including history, culture, trend, media buzz, technology, semantics, tragedy, heroism, and even solutions. In Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Incorporating Social-Emotional Learning into Academics Here are some time-saving ideas for teaching both academic subjects and social skills in the same lesson!Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Margaret and Margarita/Margarita y Margaret by Lynn Reiser Reading Level: Preschool–Grade 2 When two mother/daughter pairs arrive at a park one day, the little girls are reluctant to stay. “There is no one to play with,” says Margaret to her mother. “No hay nadie con quien jugar,” says Margarita to her own mother. Their mothers at first…Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson District Data on the New Second Step Program for K-5 See how fourth- and fifth-grade students name “feeling” words before and after Second Step lessons.Read More
| By: Committee for Children In the Aftermath of Newtown, Working Toward Safety and Healing Dear members of the Second Step family, By teaching social-emotional skills to your students, you are making real strides toward the realization of a vision we share: safe children thriving in a peaceful world. Last week, this vision was challenged as we learned of the tragic deaths of so many innocent children and caring educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The news of this event was heartbreaking to us at Committee for…Read More