Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
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A report examining the statutes and regulations, of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, connected to Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Products/tools/articles
This brief introduces a Trauma-Informed Policy Framework to Create Supportive Learning Environments to help state officials create supportive learning environments that meet the needs of students with a history of traumatic experiences and ensure ... Evidence Base & Research Policy Getting Started Products/tools/articles
This guide outlines the federal funding sources that can be accessed (and often coordinated or combined) to support state efforts to improve the conditions for learning, and identifies strategies that state leaders might pursue as they begin to ... Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Sustainable Implementation Products/tools/articles
A framework for comprehensive student development, grounded in science, in service of equity. The paper contains the background and rationale to support and develop Building Blocks for Learning among all children, especially in grades K-12. Professional Learning & Practice Getting Started Products/tools/articles
This report represents the culmination of two years of collaborative effort, drawing on the input of scientists, psychologists and researchers, educators, youth and parent groups, and policymakers. The authors recommend research, policy, and ... Evidence Base & Research Policy Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Sustainable Implementation Products/tools/articles
This brief examines key opportunities or “levers” that ESSA presents to states and their communities to specifically advance social and emotional learning and development, positive conditions for learning, and whole child supports. It then ... Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Products/tools/articles
This brief shares emerging insights on states’ efforts to strengthen social and emotional learning, developed by CASEL through its Collaborating States Initiative (CSI). Policy Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Products/tools/articles
This study looks closely at ten “outlier schools” in California’s CORE districts whose students report strong social-emotional learning outcomes compared to other, similar middle schools. Insights are offered via a technical report, a brief, ... Evidence Base & Research Professional Learning & Practice Getting Started Sustainable Implementation Products/tools/articles
The Assessment Guide provides several resources for practitioners to select and use measures of student SEL, including guidance on how to select an assessment and use student SEL data, a catalog of SEL assessments equipped with filters and ... Professional Learning & Practice Measurement Products/tools/articles
This document aims to provide school and district leaders and implementation teams with guidance on how to choose and use social and emotional learning (SEL) competency assessments. It discusses the benefits and challenges of measuring SEL ... Professional Learning & Practice Measurement Products/tools/articles