| By: Jordan Posamentier Affecting and Advocating for Positive Policy Changes As our organization and our reach in education grow, so do our advocacy efforts. Learn how our policy and advocacy team collaborates with lawmakers to develop policies that support our mission.Read More
| By: Joan Cole Duffell 2018 Midterm Election Lesson: Adults Should Model Social-Emotional Skills Adults can help foster a more peaceful society using social-emotional skills like empathy, and by supporting children. Over the past couple of years, America’s children have seen adults doing things that social-emotional programs specifically teach them NOT to do: bullying, ridiculing, and threatening. Committee for Children’s executive director suggests how adults should practice social-emotional skills.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Customizing Second Step for English-Language Learners Many of the design features of Second Step lessons make it an effective tool for teaching English-language learners (ELL).Read More
| By: Casey Escola Inspiring Social Change Through Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Teaching kids empathy can change the way they view the world. Early learning and elementary children can learn foundational pro-social skills. The foundations laid by early SEL can eventually support more advanced conversations surrounding ethics, diversity, and social engagement.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 2018: Where We’ve Been and Where We Stand in Social-Emotional Learning Social-emotional learning has come far in 20 years: resource availability, SEL integration with academics and more. Our SEL in Education contributing writer, Kim Gulbrandson, shares some of the big trends she saw in social-emotional learning over the past 20 years.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Stories That Will Inspire Your Bullying Prevention Efforts Bullying prevention efforts at schools can benefit children in real ways. Start with educating educators. Principals and teachers talk bullying prevention. Calling all social-emotional learning (SEL) and bullying prevention advocates. That’s you, teachers and administrators. Our passion and commitment to SEL matters to kids every day. When we share what works with one another, listen, exchanRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson What Parents Want You to Know About Bullying Bullying prevention involves parents and schools working together to support the children. In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month, our SEL in Education contributing writer, Kim Gulbrandson, shares her takeaways from parents who’ve dealt with bullying with the hope that others who are currently or may someday be involved in such situations can build strength from these families’ stories.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Addressing Bullying: Teaching Children to Be Active Bystanders Addressing bullying has less to do with the person who’s bullying and more to do with those who observe it. Help your kids learn to be an active bystander.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall 3 Practical Strategies that Teachers, Counselors, and Staff Can Use to Prevent Adolescent Bullying Addressing bullying is a difficult task for any educator, but it’s particularly challenging for those of us who work with adolescents.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier State Lawmakers Link Bullying and Suicide in Recent Legislation What do we know about the link between bullying and suicide? Read what the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says and what states are doing to address it. Read More