Celebrating Excellence in Education — Committee for Children Announces 2024 Second Step® Educator of the Year Awards With a strong emphasis on student well-being and teacher resilience, Committee for Children recognizes a select group of educators for their impactful contributions to the well-being of children across the nation.Read More
Committee for Children Launches Captain Compassion® Comic to Curb Bullying and School Violence, Equipping Students with Life-Saving Social-Emotional Skills Violent incidents in schools across the U.S. continue at alarming rates, making the link between bullying and devastating outcomes impossible to ignore. In response, Committee for Children, a national leader in social-emotional learning and bullying prevention, is launching its annual Captain Compassion anti-bullying campaign. Read More
Committee for Children Now Offers a Pre-K-12 Full-Suite Solution with the Highly Anticipated Launch of Second Step® High School Introducing Second Step High School, a new research-based social-emotional learning program designed specifically for high school. Committee for Children now offers a PreK–12 SEL full-suite solution for school districts in communities across the globe. Read More
Committee for Children Addresses Teacher Burnout with Re-Launch of Sought-After Video Campaign Educator burnout is at an all-time high. In fact, according to the 2022 Gallup Panel Workforce Study, K–12 workers have the highest burnout rate of all industries in the United States. As a result of teacher burnout, an increasing number of educators are leaving the profession, and school districts in the U.S. are struggling to maintain adequately staffed schools.Read More
Committee for Children Joins Forces with Aperture Education to Integrate Assessments and Curriculum to build Social-Emotional Skills Aperture Education, a Riverside Insights company and the leading provider of social-emotional skills assessment and intervention solutions, and Committee for Children, the leading provider of social-emotional curriculum programs in the U.S., announced today that they will partner to offer four co-developed assessments to support schools in demonstrating the impact of evidence-based social and emotional programs.Read More
Global Nonprofit Committee for Children Launches Captain Compassion #KindnessChallenge Get ready to face a powerful challenge against bullying. Today, Committee for Children, a pioneer organization in research-based social-emotional learning (SEL) and bullying prevention, unveiled the #KindnessChallenge as part of its annual Captain Compassion® anti-bullying campaign.Read More
Committee for Children’s In-Person Training Bolster’s Social-Emotional Education in Chicago Public Schools Committee for Children’s education partnerships team spent the week training Chicago K-8 schools on the value and importance of social-emotional skill building for students and how to implement the Second Step program more effectively during the 2023-2024 school year.Read More
Celebrating Educational Trailblazers: Committee for Children Unveils Recipients of the Inaugural Second Step Educator of the Year Award Committee for Children announces the 10 winners of the inaugural Second Step Educator of the Year awards. Second Step Educator of the Year awards honors educators who are strengthening children’s social-emotional skills in effective and innovative ways with Second Step programs.Read More
Committee for Children Releases 2023 Child Safety Guides In support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Committee for Children is launching its sixth annual Hot Chocolate Talk® campaign to help families normalize safety conversations about sexual abuse prevention.Read More
Educators Don’t Get the Praise They Deserve, Especially Those Teaching Valuable Life Skills to Kids—and One Organization Wants to Change That Committee for Children today announced the launch of its inaugural Second Step Educator of the Year awards. The new program honors influential educators making meaningful differences in their classrooms and school communities with Second Step programs. Read More