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Reports & Guidance From Vision to Action: How Portraits of a Graduate Align Social and Emotional Competencies and Future Readiness

This report analyzes 272 district-level Portraits of a Graduate published between 2014 and 2024 across 36 states to identify and examine the prevalence of social and emotional, workforce-relevant, and academic and technical competencies. It offers bright spots for the use of Portraits as a means for schools, districts, and states to promote long-term student success and thriving.

• Topics:
• College and Career Readiness

Reports & Guidance By Choice Not By Chance: Engaging Social and Emotional Learning to Create a Supportive Climate and Discipline Strategies CASEL

The SEL Innovations series aims to help the field imagine new, more expansive and equitable approaches to SEL and wellness to ensure that all children, adolescents, and adults feel safe, supported, and seen so that they can thrive. The purpose of this third report is to highlight how supportive climate and discipline strategies work together to build schools where all students thrive.

• Topics:
• Classrooms,
• Systemic Implementation