Today, we would like to express our great gratitude to Bob DeCormier, Peter, Paul and Mary’s Music Director, and Founder,...
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The Caring Being Prevents Bullying Through Classroom Agreements
For National Bullying Prevention Month we are focusing on the lessons in our Building Community theme. Today, we highlight our...

Bullying Prevention Starts with Building Community
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and, while we believe that bullying prevention and intervention has to be a focus...

One of those “pinch me” moments
I wish I could think of a clever title for this post, but I just keep coming back to the...

Thank you, Tony Arancio!
Today, we would like to express our deep gratitude to Tony Arancio for all of the time he gives to...

A Conspiracy of Caring Adults: Supporting Children’s Social, Emotional, and Academic Needs
One of my real heroes in education, Dr. James Comer, the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale Child...

Back to School –– Don’t Laugh at Me and a Peace Place
We all need a peace place. We need a little corner, some space – even if it is just in...

Making Whole Child Education the Norm. Yes!
By Molly McCloskey The Washington DC -based Economic Policy Institute published a report about a month ago, and the report’s...

Don’t Laugh at Me: Empathy and The Torn Heart
The Torn Heart activity, lesson number four in the Don’t Laugh at Me Expressing Feelings theme, is such a classic anti-bullying...

Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow at Symphony Space on September 29, 2016
This week we would like to express our deep gratitude for Noel Paul Stookey, one third of the legendary folk...

Back to School: How Would You Feel If?
All of the lessons in our Don’t Laugh at Me curriculum include “Grade Level Variations” for grades K-12, and, in...

Civility and the 2016 Presidential Election
As students around the U.S. go back to school (some now a month ago, some just this week), one of...