| By: Committee for Children Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month In this blog, Sarah Niebuhr Rubin invites readers to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month and provides resources to learn more about American Jewish history and culture.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Federal Funding for SEL Now Available: March 2021 Committee for Children works with policymakers from around the country and supports laws, policies, and funding that promote social-emotional learning (SEL), address bullying, and prevent child sexual abuse. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Winter Well-Being Q&A with Dr. Mylien Duong In this Q&A, clinical psychologist, and education researcher Dr. Mylien Duong breaks down how adults can support their mental health and well-being with social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Navigating 2020 with the Help of Social-Emotional Learning Despite the shifting landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sociopolitical turmoil of 2020, Committee for Children’s Second Step® teams rose to support district administrators, school leaders, educators, and students when they needed it most. Here are three highlights from 2020.Read More
| By: Committee for Children When Bullying Is Racially Motivated: Recognizing It for What It Is and Supporting Kids to Be Anti-Racist Upstanders All forms of bullying harm kids, but biased-based harassment—when the underlying cause or motivation is prejudice—causes specific, increased harm. University of Michigan’s Dr. Deborah Rivas-Drake provides recommendations for how adults can recognize racially motivated bullying and support kids to be upstanders.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Building Student Engagement Through SEL Social-emotional competencies are vital to kids’ short- and long-term success—not just during the pandemic, but after it, too. Educators can nurture these skills by providing children explicit opportunities for social-emotional learning (SEL).Read More
| By: Committee for Children Getting Children Ready to Learn: Tips for Educators and Families We asked our experts Bridgid Normand, special advisor for learning and impact, and Jasmine Williams, senior research scientist, to provide some insight on the effects of the pandemic on children—and what you as an educator can do to help.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Students Learn Critical Life Skills When Chicago Public Schools faced the closure of 49 schools, district leaders turned to Second Step® social-emotional learning (SEL) programs.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Creating a Safe, Caring Learning Environment Educators and staff at Meridian Middle School in Kent, Washington, are using Second Step® Middle School to build the safe, supportive learning environment middle schoolers need to succeed.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Enhanced Online Experience for Second Step Programs Starting in August 2020, Second Step educators will see something new when they log on to their Dashboard. Based on user feedback, we’re creating a streamlined, more cohesive way for program teachers, administrators, and families to access our web-based content. Read More