social-emotional learning

Leadership in bullying prevention and so much more

August 18, 2014

By Anne Collier We need to prevent and solve bullying. No question. But we also need to encourage and empower our children with the knowledge that most kids don’t

‘Being Ginger’: A film for anyone addressing bullying

May 15, 2014

Being Ginger is really about being human. In a fundamentally kind, sometimes humorous, amazingly un-moralistic way, director Scott Harris shows what it both feels and looks

The videogame discourse: Default to open-mindedness!

May 7, 2014

My heart sinks when I see uncritical thinking in commentaries from Internet safety advocates about the media young people love – thinking that defaults (and contributes to

Restorative justice eclipsing zero tolerance in US schools

October 22, 2013

Here’s a model for preventing bullying and a whole lot of other problems: a school that promotes social literacy not zero tolerance. At the Boston area’s

All kids deserve the safety & other benefits of social-emotional learning

October 18, 2013

Think how digital spaces, homes, schools, workplaces and everywhere else we human beings congregate would change were every child to be kindly, respectfully taught the

Parents more protectionist than empowering: Study

July 25, 2013

This post (like a few others, recently) is inspired by my participation on the Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet that got started last month. The task

Hurting others hurts us: Study

June 17, 2013

Although the victim is usually the focus in discussions about the impacts of social cruelty, everybody involved in it feels some pain or distress, research shows. Two recent

Social literacy up, social problems down in Chicago Schools

June 5, 2013

More than 50 Chicago schools were recommended for closure this year, but one of the four schools that won’t close isn’t closing because of its strong, successful