| 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: 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
| By: Jordan Posamentier Social-Emotional Learning Gains Attention on the Federal Level Now more than ever, the US federal government is paying attention to the educational use and benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL), and Committee for Children is doing its part to make sure SEL is included in relevant federal-level conversations and legislation.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Exclusionary Discipline in Schools One of our priorities at Committee for Children is working to ensure that lawmakers are supporting the work that teachers and principals are doing in schools. Through bill-tracking, our Policy & Advocacy team has noticed that lawmakers were seeing a connection between SEL and school discipline reform, and we thought it would be beneficial to analyze the state-level legislative landscape for trends in this area. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Listen: Why SEL is Integral to Workforce Preparedness (Podcast) Committee for Children’s Senior Policy & Advocacy Manager, Jordan Posamentier, recently sat down with WorkMinus for a podcast to discuss why social-emotional skills are in high demand and how social-emotional learning (SEL) helps students prepare for work and life. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Joan Cole Duffell Recognized with Prestigious CASEL Award The prestigious Mary Utne O’Brien Award is presented annually by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) — and this year, we are so proud to announce that our own Executive Director, Joan Cole Duffell is its recipient. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier The Growing Link Between SEL and Employability Skills Social-emotional skills have become a necessity in the 21st-century workplace. See how Committee for Children is working to connect employers and educators to raise SEL as a part of workforce preparedness. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Advocating for Child Safety for Nearly Forty Years Since our inception nearly forty years ago, we at Committee for Children have stood for the principle that the best way to address child sexual abuse is to prevent it from happening in the first place. We’re continuously looking for ways to advocate for law and policy that prioritize evidence-informed prevention strategies to ensure our children are kept safe—and there are some recent key and ongoing actions we’ve been working on. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier How the New Funding Bill Affects SEL in Schools The omnibus spending bill provides $1.1 billion in funding for fiscal year 2018 for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant (SSAEG) program, which is Title IV-A of the ESSA. These funds can be used to purchase social-emotional learning (SEL) materials, including our SEL curriculum, the Second Step Program. Learn more.Read More