News & Events
April 2012: Zins and O′Brien Awards At the April 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), CASEL presented awards for leadership in social and emotional learning (SEL) to four individuals who have shown a deep understanding of SEL and made it a priority in their work. The awards honor the contributions to the SEL field of Joseph E. Zins and Mary Utne O’Brien. Both were close, valued CASEL colleagues who died while still in their 50s. The Zins awards recognize contributions to action research; the O’Brien awards were established to honor contributions to effective SEL practice, including implementation and policymaking. The awardees are:
- Joseph E. Zins Award for Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning—Early Career Research: Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania.
- Joseph E. Zins Award for Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning—Distinguished Scholar: J. David Hawkins, University of Washington.
- Mary Utne O’Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-Based Practice of Social and Emotional Learning: Carol Comeau, Superintendent, Anchorage (Alaska) School District.
- Mary Utne O’Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-Based Practice of Social and Emotional Learning: Congressman Tim Ryan, D-OH.
Learn more about the awardees and their contributions to the field by clicking on the above links.
February 2012: Five new districts were added to the Collaborating Districts Initiative. The five districts are the Chicago Public Schools, the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, the Oakland Unified School District, the Sacramento City Unified School District, and the Washoe County School District. Read more about them here.
1/18/2012 In connection with his lecture at New Trier High School, CASEL President and CEO Roger Weissberg was interviewed for an article titled Casel Builder in Quintessential New Trier.
1/4/2012 Roger Weissberg is quoted in Asking help isn’t easy for some students, a Chicago Tribune piece on a new study published in the American Sociological Review that found that students’ ability to speak up for themselves and seek help from a teacher often varies by economic and social class.
12/22/2011 Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University professor and CASEL board member, wins the 2012 Grawemeyer Award in education from the University of Louisville for her book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future.
In-depth interview with a prominent advocate of social and emotional learning. Maurice Elias with host Christopher De Michele, founder of Enrichment Resource Group. Maurice Elias of Rutgers University explores the past, present, and future of social and emotional learning with interviewer Christopher De Michele. This absorbing 50-minute conversation touches on parenting, school- and district-wide implementation, empowering teachers and administrators, leadership development, and much more.
11/12/2011 Emotional Learning Brings Real Hope to Schools – A little-known movement helps kids understand the connection between the brain and heart, and improve their behavior (and test scores) too. This article discusses how SEL is being implemented in schools across the country, about a few specific programs, the Collaborating Districts Initiative, and federal policy efforts around social and emotional learning.
11/18/2011 Roger Weissberg spoke in Boston, MA at the first SEL Leadership Conference at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology on “Promoting the Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning of Millions of Young People.” For more information, please visit the SEL4Mass website.
10/20/2011 Investiture of Roger Weissberg as NoVo Endowed Chair in Social and Emotional Learning at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read article.
10/16/2011 Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise of ‘Social Emotional Learning. Dr. Marc Brackett, president of the RULER Approach, was featured in Good Education.
9/27/2011 [CNN Video] Beyond GPAs: Character Point Average
Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Bob Wise tell Christine Romans that developing an ‘emotional quotient’ is an important component of learning.
9/23/2011 The Emotional Well-Being of Our Nation’s Youth and the Promise of Social–Emotional Learning
A detailed piece from National Association of School Psychologists that synthesizes several social and emotional learning research articles and discusses their support of the CASEL’s efforts on Capitol Hill.