| By: Committee for Children Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month In this blog, Zheng Wang discusses what it means to him to be Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and steps allies can take to better support the AAPI community.Read More
| 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: Jordan Posamentier Identity and Belonging: Anti-Racist Curriculum and Black Studies in Schools Each month, our policy experts will answer questions relating to these priority areas and racial equity. Our final blog in this series will discuss anti-racist curricula and Black studies, and how SEL can help promote and be strengthened by research-based practices that advance racial equity in education.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: Casey Escola For Educators Aspiring Toward Allyship: Making an Impact at School In the last blog of this series, Implementation Specialist Casey Escola provides insights on how white educators can collaborate with colleagues in their work toward allyship within schools and offers some grace for occasional missteps along the way.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Why Does SEL Matter in Promoting Educator Diversity? In this blog, our policy experts answer questions about the importance of teacher diversity and the role SEL has to play in promoting it.Read More
| By: Casey Escola For Educators Aspiring Toward Allyship: Starting in the Classroom In the third blog of this series, Implementation Specialist Casey Escola provides insights on how white educators can work toward being allies in the classroom and offers some grace for occasional missteps along the way.Read More
| By: Casey Escola For Educators Aspiring Toward Allyship: A Note on Where to Begin In the second blog of this series, Implementation Specialist Casey Escola provides insights on some first steps white educators can take on their paths toward allyship and offers some grace for occasional missteps along the way.Read More
| By: Casey Escola First Steps in an Educator’s Path Toward Allyship Implementation Specialist Casey Escola provides insights on the many paths toward allyship for white educators and offers some grace for occasional missteps along the way.Read More