CASEL, with More Than 40 Partners, Releases Guidance for Reopening School
On Thursday, The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and more than 40 expert partners will release detailed ... Read more
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Actively Learn Digital Platform Offers Content Area Products
Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn ... Read more
PebbleGo Health, Offers Special Educator Preview in June
Capstone, innovative publisher of children’s educational content for schools and home, announces the release of PebbleGo™ Health, a curricular content ... Read more
Simplify student health care management
Frontline School Health Management has expanded their offering to include COVID-19 training, tracking, data analytics and reporting for students AND ... Read more
6 steps to help children find purpose and resilience from home
Some days are great. Others are hard. More than two months into stay-at-home orders, parents and kids are getting used to the concept of learning from home via…
Virtual Tutoring and Mentoring
Grow Your World (GYW) has transitioned its services from in-person to virtual in the midst of social distancing measures required ... Read more
Rethinking School Spaces and Structures to Maintain Proper Distancing
Spaces4Learning has put together a series of articles on the topic of school environments, and what they might look like ... Read more
8 great resources for classroom SEL
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has quickly become a cornerstone of K-12 education, because it helps students regulate their own emotions and teaches them to respond kindly to…
Free Digital Enrichment Kits for Librarians and Educators
Wizards of the Coast today announced that the company will distribute 2,000 digital kits to schools and libraries in the ... Read more
Daily lessons and activities for K-5 students
In response to school closures across the country, hand2mind is launching a new website teach@home: Daily Lessons & Activities for ... Read more
Real-time advisory sessions that support students’ social-emotional health
The Social Institute announced an enhanced offering to its current #WinAtSocial curriculum, providing schools nationwide with remote, real-time advisory sessions ... Read more
3 ways to stay connected when going remote
You’ve just made a heroic effort to rapidly transition your teaching to online delivery in response to school closures. It’s important now to take a moment to consider…
Free distance learning online toolkit
To guide educators through this new journey of remote teaching, mindSpark Learning, a national nonprofit that provides one-of-a-kind learning experiences ... Read more
Free Access to Social Studies and Science Curriculum
Educational publisher TCI is offering free digital access to its platform for learning social studies and science to qualified schools ... Read more
Free, Emergency Virtual-Learning Resources for Every School
As schools across the United States implement and prepare for school closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in their ... Read more
COVID-19 pushes learning online
The inevitable spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, to the United States has prompted state leaders to close schools, leaving at least half of all U.S. students…
Free tool to better communicate with parents
The Smore Template Center is comprised of pre-made newsletters that aim to address the variety of communication needs that you ... Read more
20 K-12 edtech predictions for 2020
We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2020. Social-emotional learning will remain…
Districts are using tech to prevent school violence
School violence regularly occupies news headlines, turning students into activists as they demand gun control and call on lawmakers and education stakeholders to drastically improve school safety. This…
Tips for using social media with educators
Social media is an essential marketing tool for educational publishers. But the changing algorithms, rise and fall of new platforms, and overall nature of social media make some…
5 benefits this district got from K-12 esports
Esports is booming, from K-12 right on up to college and at the professional level. As more districts start K-12 esports leagues of their own, the academic and…
30+ new tools and services we saw at ISTE 2019
Another ISTE has come and gone–were you in Philadelphia for ISTE 2019? If not, don’t worry–we’re highlighting some of the ... Read more
How we turned around our disciplinary infraction rate
Demographics Cordata Elementary School is a 400-student public school serving grades PreK-5 in the Bellingham School District in Washington. The school has the highest percentage of English Language…
Rigor and joy: SEL and academics go hand-in-hand
Demographics McMinnville School District serves 6,800 students across 9 schools Biggest challenge We are a Title 1 school in rural Oregon with over 60 percent of our students…
Using a growth mindset as the foundation for SEL
Research continues to show the benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL), especially with elementary-age students. But as SEL gains ground, educators need to think about best practices for adding…
10 signs you’re doing SEL right
Teachers, school counselors, and school leaders impact student social-emotional learning (SEL) to the degree that they transform each student’s mindset by empowering the self of the student.SEL is…
The whys and hows of SEL implementation
CASEL, The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, defines social and emotional learning (SEL) as the “process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set…
Why I use student-driven ideas in my curriculum
You might think that teaching a high school programming course in which students are asked to code simple games and interactive websites would be motivating and exciting, but…
How student-created VR can enhance SEL and special ed
Quality social-emotional learning (SEL) and effective special education (SpEd) programming look remarkably similar.
How should we define SEL in schools?
We are often asked for the definition of social-emotional learning (SEL). One common and useful SEL definition is the process of learning to integrate thinking, feeling, and behaving…
How Our High-Poverty School Reduced Suspensions By 97%
Student behavior can have a positive or negative impact on academic achievement. Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire…
96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019
We asked 49 edtech executives to look into their crystal balls and share their thoughts about what will happen in 2019. In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented…
Teacher training does wonders for students’ emotional regulation
When teachers participated in a training program focused on pro-social classroom behavior, their students became more socially competent and better able to regulate their emotions than students in…
The 14 most innovative SEL districts, part 2
In this article, we will be highlighting districts that have shown tremendous commitment to the well being of their students and staff. These 14 districts are being recognized…
The 14 Most Innovative SEL Districts, Part 1
In this article, we will be highlighting districts that have shown tremendous commitment to the well being of their students and staff. These 14 districts are being recognized…
Why we love our SEL tools
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an increasingly important part of the curriculum in many schools—and for good reason. SEL helps students develop key skills they’ll use to…
How SEL inspired a transformation in my school
When I accepted the position as principal at Langley Elementary in Washington, D.C., I had two objectives in mind: one, to empower teachers who truly care about supporting…
We all teach SEL: Empathy activities & tools for students
Building social and emotional learning (SEL) skills such as empathy requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful discussion, and reflection.
3 ways to navigate American politics in the classroom
In our current social climate, it can be tricky for anyone, especially a teenager, to talk about politics and the role of government. But as educators, it’s our…
Here’s how teachers think SEL can truly help students
A resounding majority of administrators, teachers, and parents say they believe social and emotional learning (SEL) is just as important as academic learning. SEL is the process that…