Key Points Back to top During one year teaching second grade, I had a student who I’ll call “Ashley.” In our small inclusion class of 14 students, Ashley was personable with her peers and with teachers. She loved horses and always had a story to tell when she arrived in the classroom or during recess. […]| CASEL
Key Points Back to top Regardless of what might be going on in the wider world, schools must strive to be places where understanding is elevated and hate is minimized. We know children cannot learn effectively in an environment characterized by antipathy. Incidents impacting specific groups, such as Jews, Muslims, LGBTQ+ populations, Asians, Blacks, Latino/as, […]| CASEL
Key Points Back to top Esau McCaulley writes thoughtful articles in the New York Times about civil rights in America. In a recent article, he pointed out that one message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life is that hope is most useful when despair seems greatest. Dr. King faced segregation, the war in Vietnam, […]| CASEL