What do we do?

Tamara FykeNovember 20, 2020conflict, solution, SEL, social-emotional learning, college, violence, race, injustice, inequality, discipline, implicitbias, society, faith, diversity, bi-racial, keepchildrensafe, culture, character education

#SELChat: 4 Next Steps for Whole Child Education

As I look at the landscape of education, particularly social-emotional learning, I agree with my colleagues David Griffith and Sean Slade from ASCD. We have made good progress with whole child education. As Roger Weissberg of CASEL said, “In our country right now in education, we need to do a lot more ‘lumping’ and looking for the synergies.” So what’s next?

#SELChat: How Representation Changes Perspective

When I first started college, I attended a small Catholic university downtown. One of my favorite classes was Multiculturalism. The professor introduced me to a new way of thinking: She encouraged the class to question what we saw on television, read in magazines, and heard on the news.