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September 1, 2020
Reaching back into the root system of our people, returning to the Ancestral ways, is probably one of the most powerful protective factors available to us.
August 27, 2020
The Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (HV CoIIN) is the first national initiative to use the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series Framework to accelerate improvements for children and families within the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.
August 20, 2020
Regardless of learning environment, there are key considerations around the best uses of synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning, the importance of non-cognitive skills to successful learning, and the need for children to have social interactions and emotional support.
August 14, 2020
School and district leaders now face important questions about how to redesign safety and support infrastructures in the absence of law enforcement.
August 13, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our way of life and work, researchers are having to rethink how we collect data
August 6, 2020
Mentoring for racial equity can take on various forms beyond the traditional one in which a mentor is considered the primary teacher and a mentee the learner.
August 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically transformed the way that children attend class and other educational programs, often creating isolating contexts for learning.
July 30, 2020
In this time of COVID 19-related social distancing, the celebration of friendship takes on new meaning as we look toward International Friendship Day on July 30.
July 27, 2020
By failing to acknowledge students’ racial and cultural diversity, “Colorblind” SEL programs, which are de facto grounded in the norms and expectations white culture, can imply that the differences that emerge from students’ diverse backgrounds are deficits.