Key Points Back to top Today, our nation often feels more divided than united. From the national political stage to community school board meetings. From discriminatory state laws under legislative consideration to calls for local book bans. Our schools reflect these trends, anecdotally reporting antisemitic, racial, and homophobic incidents. We are seeing and hearing hateful […]| CASEL
Photo ©Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello Key Points Back to top Social and emotional learning (SEL) has long had a friend hiding in plain sight. I’ll give you a hint: Ferris Bueller visits one on his famous “Day Off,” resulting in this classic scene. You guessed it: museums! I’m a longtime museum professional. Struck by […]| CASEL
Key Points Back to top When students take a field trip in their own city, it can be a learning experience in more ways than one—especially when they have the opportunity to design the outing themselves. Every year, Harlem Academy’s middle school unit, “Explore,” challenges students to create their own day-long field trip in New […]| CASEL
Key Points Back to top Anyone who’s done student theater knows the worst part: that fateful moment when the cast list goes up, and you have to walk up—in public —to see if you got your dream role. Or any role. There, in front of everyone, for all to see, and for all to see […]| CASEL