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Prevent Chronic Absenteeism with a Sense of Belonging
Many dedicated teachers may miss opportunities to prevent chronic absenteeism. As teachers, we all understand that regular attendance...
Sep 7, 20234 min read
School Mental Health Services Being Cut
As Federal COVID funding ends, schools left with hard choices about what to cut-many schools are cutting mental health services. From...
Sep 6, 20231 min read
New Jersey Mandates Teaching About Climate Change
The state of New Jersey has mandated that students in all subjects must learn about climate change. Check out this article by Caroline...
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Teach Kindness All the Time
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the importance and difficulty of teaching students to be kind to each other. Some...
Aug 30, 20232 min read
Principal Shares How School Will Focus on Joy
School principal shares why school must center on students' Joy by Damen Scott published at EdSurge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-08...
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Set Restorative Norms on the First Day of School!
Implementing norms to make restorative practice part of the classroom culture at the beginning of the school year involves preparing for...
Aug 16, 20232 min read
Empathy Works!
Teachers use empathy to avoid or eliminate suspensions. By Tara Garcia Mathewson in Hechinger Report: https://hechingerreport.org/prevent...
Aug 2, 20231 min read


Is Your Class Too Much Like Monopoly?
Recently, my family took a beach trip and I took a couple of decks of cards and a board game for evenings and in case of rain. On past...
Aug 2, 20233 min read
Help Parents Develop a Media Safety Plan
Teens often are drawn to dangerous activities promoted on social media-share this article with parents to help them talk about risk...
Jul 28, 20231 min read
High Rates of Adverse Childhood Events Reported
Low income children continue to report high levels of ACEs in 2021. The complete article by Naaz Modan at K-12 Dive:...
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Maryland Mandated Restorative Practice
In 2019 Maryland mandated schools to use restorative practices-when implemented well (which does not always happen) restorative practice...
Jul 19, 20231 min read


Join us on the SEL Resource Journey
Our goal is to provide actionable SEL We started this website to provide SEL resources that are accessible and actionable. Format each of...
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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