2005 Issues
October
- Spotlight on Research: Educational leadership: What we know
about what matters; Principal preparation looks to the evidence;
Teacher initiative matters too: Instructional and emotional support
in first grade makes a difference for children at risk
- Spotlight on Practice: Seven reasons for investing in SEL; Getting
clear about confusion; Public education leadership project at
Harvard University; Understanding the perspectives of stakeholders
during change; Now is the time to address school adjustment problems;
Reaping the benefits of student leadership
- Spotlight on Policy: Student leadership adds voices to state
policy on bullying
August
- Spotlight on Research: Change is good, but no one says it's
easy; bridging the research-practice divide; funding implementation;
research on positive youth development
- Spotlight on Practice: Implementing change collaboratively;
you win some, you lose some
- Spotlight on Policy: State-by-state supports for the whole child;
Illinois Children's Mental Health Plan submitted to the governor
- Resources You Can Use: What Works Clearinghouse; C.A.R.E.: Guide
to instructional strategies to help close the achievement gaps
May
- Spotlight on Research: SEL and academic achievement: Peer relationships
affect academic performance; mentors matter; strong practices
= demanding curriculum + strong social support; success in urban
schools – promoting a positive culture
- Spotlight on Practice: Connecting the dots; learning about service-learning:
a report, an article, a guide, and a support organization; SEL
and depression
- Spotlight on Policy: Policy brief on standards and public perceptions
points out parents’ desire to educate the whole child; zero-tolerance
policies add up and score low
- Resources You Can Use: 2005 Index of child well-being project
research; truancy prevention website
March
- Spotlight on Research: Preventing rejection between peers; self-esteem:
no social pancea; helping children cope with trauma
- Spotlight on Practice: Pressure to perform; beyond academic
achievement; caring classrooms and peaceful playgrounds; looking
at evidence-based practice; CASEL book review
- Spotlight on Policy: Creating safe learning environments, state
by state
January
- Spotlight on Research: SEL after-school programs curb delinquency;
violent crime in school cut in half over 10 years; parental involvement
directly influences underage drinking; Emily Warner, resilience
guru, featured in Time magazine
- Spotlight on Practice: Suspensions becoming more common discipline
approach; National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign; safety by design;
making schools smaller only first step; school accountability
for social and emotional development; Office of Safe and Drug
Free Schools 2005 Conference
2004 Issues
November
Feature: School Connectedness and Engagement
September
- Feature: Integrating SEL with academics
- Spotlight on Research: The well-being of young adults; socioemotional
development in early childhood
- Spotlight on Practice: SEL and classroom management; SEL outside
of the classroom; citizenship education resources
- Spotlight on Policy: MI State Board of Education adopts character
education principals; declaration calls for more caring school
environments
June
- Spotlight on Research: Cross-national study of adolescent violence;
statistical reports on youth well-being and risk behaviors
- Feature: The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools—Focusing
on prevention that works
- Spotlight on Practice: After-school programming that benefits
kids; programs that work from the Child Trends DataBank; a new
tool for assessing SEL program implementation
- Spotlight on Policy: Making citizenship education a priority
May
- Spotlight on Research: Juvenile substance abuse—schools
matter; bullying and obesity; appreciating diversity; Public Agenda
report on classroom discipline
- Feature: SEL Making a Difference in 2003-04
- Spotlight on Practice: Assessment and school improvement tools;
classroom project: photographic feelings; recommended readings
April
- Spotlight on Research: Culturally sensitive prevention; suicide
and friendship; seven principles of sustainable leadership
- Spotlight on Practice: Reducing teen pregnancy; crisis guide
for African-American families; SEL around the globe; professional
development workshops
- Spotlight on Policy: NCLB's effect on prevention programs
March
- Spotlight on Research: School-based program promotes positive
behavior, reduces risk factors for drug use; New study documents
challenges facing middle schools—and ways to address them;
Developmental assets and school success.
- Spotlight on Practice: Lions-Quest “Skills” series
SEL program; Fostering family partnerships; promoting parental
leadership; Reducing school staff burnout.
- Policy Perspectives: Government launches anti-bullying initiative
February
- Special Feature: An Interview with Youth Development Expert
Bonnie Benard
- Spotlight on Research: Sex, drugs, and delinquency in urban
and suburban public schools;
- Emotional intelligence: warding off risk factors for smoking;
Ninth grade: the pivotal year.
- Spotlight on Practice: Making classroom instruction meaningful;
Teachers an important factor in race relations; Two new guides
on funding, implementing, and evaluating SEL in schools.
January
Feature: A Focus on Leadership
2003 Issues
November
Feature: A Focus on Implementation
October
Feature: A Focus on SEL in Adolescence
September
- Spotlight on Research: Prevention that works; effective ways
to develop responsible behavior: the importance of social cognition
and emotion
- Spotlight on Practice: Building classroom relationships
August
- Spotlight on Research: Prevention for children and youth; public
opinion stresses need for an emphasis on “more than just
test scores”; the importance of “sticking to the curriculum”
- Spotlight on Practice: Back to school in an SEL state of mind—classroom
activities and resources
- Policy Perspectives: Illinois Children's Mental Health Act of
2003
July
- Spotlight on Research: Children with Mental or Emotional Disorders—Beyond
Punishment; Do Urban Youth Have More Behavioral Problems?
- Spotlight on Practice: National and Middle School Coordinators
for Safe and Drug-Free School Programs
- Policy Perspectives: A review of SEL standards in 10 states
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