Leading Organizations Applaud House Appropriations Committee Vote: Significant Investments for Social and Emotional Learning in FY 2022 Education Spending Measure Committee for Children and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) strongly applaud today’s vote by the House Appropriations Committee to support significant investments in social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of 2022 education funding.Read More
Committee for Children Announces The Imagine Neighborhood™ Podcast’s First Teen Force! Fellowship To empower high school storytellers, Committee for Children is thrilled to announce the first The Imagine Neighborhood Teen Force! fellowship. The award-winning podcast’s new fellowship, along with other programming from Committee for Children promoting youth empowerment and family engagement, were made possible by a $220,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation.Read More
Committee for Children Expands into Adult Education with New Social-Emotional Learning Program for K–12 Educators Committee for Children releases Second Step® SEL for Adults, a new research-based K–12 professional development program that supports educator well-being by providing school staff with the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to thrive in the workplace.Read More
Committee for Children VP Named a 2021 Woman to Watch PRWeek names Committee for Children’s vice president of public relations and communications Shauna McBride a 2021 Woman to Watch.Read More
Research-Based How-to Guides Help Families Prevent Online and In-Person Child Sexual Abuse In support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Committee for Children is launching its fourth annual Hot Chocolate Talk campaign to help families start conversations with their children about personal and digital safety.Read More
Committee for Children Expands Flagship Second Step® Elementary Program with New Digital Offering Committee for Children releases its first fully web-based social-emotional learning curriculum for Grades K-5, intuitively designed for modern classrooms.Read More
New Anti-Racism Podcast Series Helps Children Understand Racial Identity, Diversity, and Justice To help youth build their understanding of issues like racial identity, diversity, and justice, the award-winning podcast The Imagine Neighborhood™ has developed a new anti-racism episode series, “Imagine Equity.” This new programming from Committee for Children was made possible by a $220,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation.Read More
Committee for Children Amplifies Voices of Black Educators for Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, Committee for Children is releasing a four-part video series to celebrate the contributions and achievements of Black educators and amplify their voices. Read More
The Imagine Neighborhood™ Podcast Wins American Library Association’s Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award The American Library Association (ALA) today named Committee for Children as the 2021 recipient of the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for its family podcast, The Imagine Neighborhood.Read More
New Chief Executive Officer to Lead Committee for Children Committee for Children, the global leader in research-based social-emotional learning (SEL), announced today that its board of directors has selected Andrea Lovanhill as CEO, effective immediately.Read More