March 2021
Mindfulness
Contributing Editor: Jazmine Franklin, Director of Fly Five Programs Before you begin reading this issue, find a moment of stillness. Feel your feet on the floor. Roll your shoulders back,…
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February 2021
The Power of Cooperation
Perhaps no month is more appropriate to consider cooperation than February 2021: two months into the new year, weeks into a new presidency, and days into Black History Month’s 95th…
January 2021
Two Sides of the Same Coin
In graduate school, while studying education, I remember taking a course titled “Critical Issues in Education.” Certainly, education in the United States has historically seen many critical issues—lack of government…
December 2020
Preparing to Meet New Challenges
Contributing Editor: Emily Hemingway, Director of Publications In this digest edition, we look back at lessons learned in 2020 and ahead to the possibilities of 2021. We start by learning…
November 2020
Partnering with Families
Contributing Editor: Michelle Gill, Director of Consulting and Certifications The pace of the world, especially over the last eight months, has left little time to pause and reflect. Doing so…
October 2020
The Power of Empathy
Contributing Editor: Jazmine Tavenner, Director of Programs From altered routines to online instruction, educators have had to navigate profound and unexpected challenges this year. As we continue to adjust while…
June 2020
Building SEL Skills
Contributing Editor: Jazmine Tavenner, Director of Programs at CRS When we started envisioning this edition of the journal, it looked different from the one you’re about to read. Like many…
May 2020
Celebrating SEL Success Stories Around the World
Contributing Editor: Allison Henry, Director of Business Development and Customer Care at CRS When I started teaching in 2001, there were three box-like Macs in my classroom, each one loaded with…
April 2020
Supporting You in Times of Change
Contributing Editor: Lora Hodges, EdD, Executive Director at CRS COVID-19 has affected all of our lives, and for educators in particular it has been challenging to find ways to maintain…
March 2020
Safe, Joyful, and Engaging: It Doesn’t Matter Where or How (Special Edition)
Contributing Editor: Karen Poplawski, Director of Programs at CRS On Sunday, March 8, I flew home from the Center for Responsive Schools office in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, where I had…