| By: Matt Pearsall 2019 Social-Emotional Learning Exchange 5 highlights from the 2019 Social-Emotional Learning Exchange, hosted by CASEL, in Chicago.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Taproot Theatre: Bringing Bullying Prevention to Life For over 20 years, Taproot Theatre in Seattle has partnered with Committee for Children to create bullying prevention performances for schools that are aligned with the latest research.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall 3 Ways Social-Emotional Learning Supports Students’ Transition to New Schools Starting kindergarten, moving to middle school, the beginning of freshman year, the first days of college; for most kids these are major life events, and they can be very difficult to navigate successfully.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Addressing Hate in Schools A recent report delves into the surge of intolerance in schools and how communities and can stand up to hate and bias.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall 3 Practical Strategies that Teachers, Counselors, and Staff Can Use to Prevent Adolescent Bullying Addressing bullying is a difficult task for any educator, but it’s particularly challenging for those of us who work with adolescents.Read More
| By: Matt Pearsall Meet the Makers of Our Middle School Program—Part 2 of 2 Part 2: Flexible Implementation In our last blog post, we talked about how we designed the lessons in the Second Step Middle School Program to be flexible enough to work in a wide variety of classrooms and with a wide varieRead More
| By: Matt Pearsall Meet the Makers of Our Middle School Program—Part 1 of 2 Part 1: Flexible Lessons An exciting part of the early design work we did on our Second Step Middle School Program was traveling around the country speaking to educators about what they needed from us. One thing we learned Read More