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All posts tagged "Social and Emotional Learning"
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4.0KNewsAspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader
Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssaySocial and Emotional Learning in OST Settings Should Be Intentional and Evidence Based
There has been surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) over recent decades. Teachers and principals show strong support for...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhy Wyoming Is Using After-school Programs to Keep Kids Out of School-to-prison Pipeline
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
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2.9KNewsReplace OST ‘Exclusionary Discipline’ With Better Practices, Report Urges
When school started in Tulsa, Okla., on Aug. 22, something new happened at five elementary schools. The schools and their YMCA after-school...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayOut-of-school Time SEL Prepares Young People for Workforce
The other day, I was speaking with a friend who works in human resources. She was in the process of filling an...
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2.6KNewsUse SEL Principles to Create Safe Schools, Aspen Institute Urges
The Aspen Institute is urging making schools safer by using social and emotional learning principles. “Safety is about the absence of violence,”...
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3.2KNewsYouth Violence Shows How Necessary After-school Is, NAA Leaders Say
When NAA President and CEO Gina Warner stepped to the podium at lunchtime Tuesday at the National Afterschool Association Convention, she had...
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1.8KNewsSome Social and Emotional Learning Programs Can Be Funded Via ESSA, Report Says
Funding opportunities for social and emotional learning are available through the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) — but how exactly? After-school...
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2.5KNewsSchools, After-school Programs Join to Promote Social and Emotional Learning
When school starts this fall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, teachers and after-school staff will be working together in a new way. In five...
