Never before has the need for social and emotional learning been so great in our students’ classrooms. The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that had a profound impact on all aspects of our society, particularly on the social and...
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For the 2022–23 school year, we invited applications for the SEL in Action Awards from two applicant pools: School-based educators (including teachers, counselors, administrators and other school staff) seeking to implement SEL initiatives in classrooms or schools in the 2022–2023...
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“When was the last time you were at a gathering and the ‘subjects’ of a study talked about it in glowing terms, because the research helped the practical work?”—Rami Nashashibi¹ At Education First, we work closely with systems leaders to...
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Family. Resilience. Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Relationships. All of these terms have become mainstream during the last eighteen months, but what do they truly mean? How do we teach students and adults to be resilient by coming together to build...
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I am standing here leaning over the kitchen sink like Elizabeth Lesser: “Broken Open.” I am happily healing from a back breaking wound witnessed by the sagging bellied dishwasher as I turned erratically to extract dishes that day 4 years...
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This blog is part of a series that highlights the strong SEL practices educators are implementing in their classrooms and schools, thanks to support from the NoVo SEL in Action grants. A young boy stands in front of a school...
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi, unleashing unprecedented devastation. Flood waters eventually covered 80 percent of New Orleans and caused more than $125 billion in damages across the South. Today, fifteen years later,...
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As the 2020-21 school year begins, state and district leaders are working closely with teachers, families and other stakeholders to map out a plan that meets the needs of all learners. They are taking lessons learned from the abrupt and...
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The United States Department of Education’s Rethink K-12 Education Models Discretionary Grant Program gave states an incentive to accelerate their plans to scale up flexible and remote learning options, plan out professional development modules and create a new system—either virtual...
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As states and districts develop their plans for reopening schools in the fall, one key question is on the minds of many systems leaders: How can we best serve our English Learners if public health guidance requires instruction to be...
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