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Aug 9, 2023
[From Our Archives] Helping an Urban Preparatory School Increase Mindfulness
By Charlotte DeVaughn in Collaboration with Yuqi Wu Photo by Mary Taylor THE NEED After over a year of dealing with the stressors of the...

Apr 5, 2023
Socializing the Remote Student: Reforming Social Skills During Virtual Learning and Beyond
By Gavin Alvarado Photo by Kimberrywood from Shutterstock 2020’s covid pandemic resulted in a paradigm shift in the workforce, education,...

Mar 15, 2023
Racial-Ethnic Achievement Gaps and Early Social-Emotional Well-Being
By Derik Suria Photo by Katerina Holmes from Pexels What is the academic achievement gap & why is it important? The United States has had...


Dec 9, 2022
SEL Can be an Agent to Retain Educators if Done Right
By Kalden Namgyal Photo by Shutterstock Over the years, as social and emotional learning (SEL) has proliferated across school districts...


Nov 2, 2022
‘Progressive Dystopia’ and The Significance of Race in Racial Achievement Gaps
By Derik Suria Photo by Kehn Hermano from Pexels What does ‘Progressive Dystopia’ mean and how is it relevant? Progressive Dystopia is a...


Oct 19, 2022
Opportunity and Achievement — Shrinking the Two Gaps
By Karen Almachi Photo by Jessica Hill When taking a look at the existing disparities in education, the two main gaps that need to be...


Jul 19, 2022
Mindfulness as a tool for reducing harm and building social emotional intelligence in schools, Pt. 2
By Anna Brinkhuis In our last post , we explored the idea of teaching mindfulness and social emotional learning in schools as a form of...


Jun 30, 2022
Mindfulness as a tool for reducing harm and building social emotional intelligence in schools, Pt. 1
By Anna Brinkhuis As the old cliché goes, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for...


May 21, 2022
Schools should provide cultural- and trauma-informed SEL, not require students’ resiliency
By Carla Balvaneda For centuries, students of color across the country have been disproportionately placed in underperforming schools and...


Feb 3, 2022
Bud to Blossom Project: One Solution to Closing the Information Access Gap for SEL
By Yvonne Macias Photo by Carlos from Pexels All over my social media platforms, I have come across links to documents and spreadsheets...
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