| By: Jordan Posamentier Limited SEL Funds: 3 Ways to Get Funding for Your Students Part of our job at Committee for Children is to lobby for federal funding that supports social-emotional learning (SEL). We’ve identified three major sources of financial support available to you.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Committee for Children Before the Pandemic and Now We can now divide Committee for Children’s advocacy efforts into a before-and-now: before the pandemic, and now that it’s upon us. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Talking SEL Is Hard—We’re Making It Easier Talking SEL Is Hard—We’re Making It Easier Evidence-Based Takeaways for Lawmakers and Decisionmakers Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Out-of-School Time and Social-Emotional Learning: A Federal Policy & Funding Review News about 2019 federal legislation and funding for social-emotional learning in out-of-school time settings, after school or summer programs. Track or advocate for social-emotional and after-school learning.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier What SEL-Focused District Leaders Need to Know About Out-of-School-Time Policy Kids benefit from continuity in their social-emotional learning experiences, especially in regularly occurring programs throughout the school year and into summer that target SEL.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Expanding Our Reach in Advocating for Child Protection In the past year, our policy and advocacy team has stepped up our efforts to elevate the voices of those who share our commitment to keeping kids safe. See what they’ve been up to.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Funding Passed in Ohio to Support SEL in Place of Exclusionary Discipline Since 2012, Ohio has developed social-emotional learning (SEL) largely in conjunction with its work concerning Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Learn more about what this means for you.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Striking Down Corporal Punishment Committee for Children is against corporal punishment in schools. Now a worldwide shift away from it is growing in schools and homes.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier New Laws: Responding to Trauma with Social-Emotional Learning Trauma-informed practice has been around for decades but has taken off recently in policy areas and now permeates schools and districts, mapping closely to social-emotional learning (SEL).Read More
| 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