Written by students at Chinook Elementary School, with Operation Respect Board member and Grammy-nominated songwriter, Steve Seskin (co-author of the Don’t...
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A Personal Message to Principals of Selected Schools for the NYC DOE SEL Project
Operation Respect is one of the eight organizations providing contracted SEL services for New York City middle and high schools....

In Support of Keaton Jones
The video posted here epitomizes the kinds of experiences many of us saw in elementary school. Now, it is of...
The Children Are Listening
The Children Are Listening The Children Are Listening – Peter Yarrow – Download

Operation Respect Honors Secretary John Kerry and Senator Harris Wofford
For a bit over a year now, we’ve been using the phrase “live love, teach peace, and fight unfairness wherever...

How are you feeling today?
By Edwin Figueroa, Operation Respect consultant Over the years, I have often found that, when I ask students how are...

Mental Health Awareness All of the Time
By Guest Blogger Erin O’Malley, dean of student services at Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, Virginia Listen to the Students...

Giving Students a Voice: Peer Mediation Comes to PVHS!
With the dramatic increase in social media use by teenagers, school administrators and counselors sometimes fill their days resolving student...

Operation Respect in Palestine
Sometimes you have meetings to set up other meetings. Sometimes you have meetings that change everything. In January, through an...

If U stay ready …You ain’t got to get ready – Part 2
Last week I wrote a blog post about the importance of building a positive school culture and climate as a...
If I Had a Hammer
“If I Had a Hammer” Performed, at a Benefit for Operation Respect, by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey and...