Posts Tagged ‘SEL’
EdWeek Market Brief Summit Key Takeaways
by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer Westchester Education Services sponsored the EdWeek Market Brief Summit last week, which featured sessions about topics that are top of mind for education content providers. We also participated in two sessions, one a conversation with publisher Maurice Bakley about trends we are tracking in the industry,…
Read MoreSocial-Emotional Learning: Making it Work
by Meg Overman, Senior Editor A recent nationwide focus on social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom hit a roadblock with pandemic-related shutdowns—because many students aren’t in the classroom. On the surface, SEL seems almost to rely on in-person learning. Parsing emotions requires nuanced observation, which can be difficult to achieve in the virtual world. But, as…
Read MoreIn the Community – Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School, Wyandanch, NY
After a brief break, we are pleased to resume our monthly support for DonorsChoose, a site that curates projects in need of funding that are submitted by public school teachers from across the country. Recently, Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager, chose two projects that were particularly meaningful for her. Below is one of them, with a…
Read MoreStudent Wellbeing
by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer In the first weeks of the crisis, attention focused on building online classrooms and getting students access. Challenges in those areas still persist, but an additional focus is now on student wellbeing. A recent article published in EdSurge tracks the emotional state of US students, noticing…
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