News and Events

U.S. House Testimonies: On Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, Goldie Hawn testified before Congress about the importance of SEL for our children and the country's future. (Hawn testimony). In March, Linda Lantieri testified on behalf of CASEL before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services. Lantieri argued that SEL is a missing piece of many school reform improvement efforts with a documented track record of producing successful outcomes for students. (Lantieri Testimony).

SEL News: SEL in the UK; Zins Awards

SEL Events: Educating World Citizens

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  (Lantieri testifies before the House)

SEL News

SEL in the UK: CASEL President Roger Weissberg gave a series of presentations about SEL to UK legislators, policy makers and practitioners in June. He addressed policy-makers in the House of Commons and Northern Ireland, and school principals in Birmingham during his week-long visit. Read more about this tour in the Prevention Action newsletter and on the Social Research Unit web site.

2009 Zins Awards: CASEL is thrilled to announce that Dr. Marc Brackett and Jennifer Loudon are this years recipients of the 2009 Zins Awards for SEL Research and Practice. Marc's research program focuses on the measurement of emotion-related skills, links between emotion-related skills and important life outcomes for students and teachers, and testing how SEL training can improve the lives of students and educators. In the course of this work, he has designed, implemented, and evaluated several SEL curricula for teachers, school administrators, and students of different ages. He has also made significant original contributions to key measurement issues in the field of SEL. Jennifer has worked over a number of years across multiple units in the Chicago Public Schools to see that SEL is recognized and effectively implemented in the third largest school district in the country. Over the past three years, she has authored grants resulting in over $14.2 million to expand CPS efforts to implement and integrate universal SEL and coordinate it with more intensive services for higher-needs students. As of this year, approximately 80 schools are systematically implementing at least one district SEL strategy. 2009 Zins Award Flyer.

SEL Events

Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century: A special event with the Dalai Lama

The Mind and Life Institute is hosting with the His Holiness The Dalai Lama on October 8-9, 2009 in Constitution Hall in Washington DC. The dialogue, entitled "Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century: Educators, Scientists and Contemplatives Dialogue on Cultivating a Healthy Mind, Brain, and Heart aims to shed new light on the kind of education we need in the 21st century through the format of interdisciplinary dialogue. How can our educational system evolve to meet the challenges of the 21st century? For more information and to register, see the Educating World Citizens web site.

Press Room

Media releases: NoVo Gift

March 3, 2009. NoVo Foundation, led by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, has announced a $6 million investment in social and emotional learning (SEL) through a gift to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

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