The application of skills to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Many professional women feel immense pressure to manage their own lives, careers, and family. Research has shown that women today are less happy than they have been over the past 40 years. As daughters, sisters, friends, wives, and mothers, there are many responsibilities to be balanced. Unfortunately, most women fail to keep a good balance for themselves, and keep taking from themselves, without giving anything back.
Developed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Think:Kids is an evidence-based, trauma-informed Collaborative Problem Solving approach designed to meet the needs of all children, including those with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
Ozaria is a fantasy game with characters who play through a storyline progressed by coding. The game is built on the CodeCombat structure but specifically for classroom use. It features Python and JavaScript coding, making it a real-world tool that can be used to create games, apps—and potentially build a career skill.
The phrase “you throw like a girl” has resonated for years among women, encompassing many female career roles, responsibilities, and skills. Dalia Feldheim’s book Dare to Lead like a Girl: How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle is a powerful antidote for a workplace culture that views traits such as passion, vulnerability, and empathy as feminine weaknesses. Dalia describes her own personal journey to balance a career of inspiring leadership and emotional bravery without compromising feminine qualities and traits in her life, work, and family. She goes even further to recognize a Harvard study where “feminine traits” such as reflection, management, caring, and relationship building common among women in the workplace were identified as outperforming men.
A mundane conversation becomes a crucial one when emotions quickly elevate, opinions become oppositional, and the outcome becomes high stakes. Although leaders are frequently in positions to engage in controversial conversations, many lack the skills and experience to identify and conduct these conversations when needed.
After a former student committed a school shooting, a retired principal created HuddLUp, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving students’ …
The Saxena Family Foundation awards grants in support of K–12 programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), particularly job- …
May the fourth be with you! Celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4, 2023) in the classroom with these free Star Wars teaching ideas for science and engineering, music and mindfulness, physical education—and more!
Building on more than a decade of research, a practical and comprehensive new guide from the Wallace Foundation aims to help schools and out-of-school educators choose SEL programs for adolescents.
Walkabouts are web-based lessons for preK–grade 2 students that integrate movement with language arts, math, and reading content. The Walkabouts platform also includes Walksheets, worksheets with a movement component, for preK–grade 5 students.