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Turnaround for Children Toolbox

Turnaround for Children

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The Turnaround for Children Toolbox is an online hub for science-grounded ideas and resources that empower educators — including teachers, school and district leaders, student support staff, and many others — to embed an equitable, whole-child purpose into our education system. Through this approach, educators can prioritize relationships as the active ingredient in learning; meet students’ needs in authentically-personalized ways; tap into students’ strengths, interests, and talents; and facilitate academic progress.

The resources in the Toolbox are aligned to Turnaround’s Whole-Child Design Blueprint, which synthesizes research across fields including neuroscience, psychology, and developmental science, enabling educators in any school setting and beyond to apply the principles of whole-child design to unleash students’ learning and development. The Whole-Child Design Blueprint is grounded in how young people really develop and learn; it honors that learning isn’t “academic” OR “social and emotional.” Rather, it reflects the scientific fact that students become increasingly capable of complex skills through the integration of their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Turnaround for Children Toolbox

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April 12, 2021

Topic

Adult SEL Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Race & Equity Sustainable Implementation

Category

Evidence Base & Research Professional Learning & Practice

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Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders

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Actionable Tools/Guides Knowledge/Articles Videos/Multimedia

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