One of the pastors at my church recently used this hook from a rap song by the artist Suga Free...
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Thank you, CASEL!
This week we would like to express our deep appreciation for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL),...
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...
An Important New Resource Places Equity Front and Center of Education Policy and Practice
Confession: I have a soft spot for reports on educational equity that prominently place a photo of happy, confident elementary-school...
Changing the World is a Contact Sport
This is so cool!! I had the real privilege of attending a conference this week for Special Olympics Unified Champion...
Family Quilt
Think about it: Quilting squares are an ideal framework for exploring the diversity of one’s family and the diversity of...
Cross the Line
One of the most popular and most powerful activities of the entire Don’t Laugh at Me curriculum is “Cross the...
Civility, the Inauguration, and the Women’s March
Last September I wrote a blog post called “Civility and the 2016 Presidential Election.” Sadly, that may have been the...
Human Bingo
We talk about “windows and mirrors” in the introduction to our Human Bingo lesson. This phrase came from a wonderful...
Kid-Created, Operation Respect-Approved Anti-Bullying Efforts
If you ever doubt the return on investment of creating safe, supportive and bully-free learning environments for children, just take...
“If I Had a Hammer”
The theme song for “Understanding Diversity,” theme four in our Don’t Laugh at Me curriculum, has been a rallying song...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
The more we understand the trauma that some children experience before and after they are in school, the better we...