Social-Emotional Learning

August 16, 2024

Human Rights Education in the Science Classroom

Tags Share “It was such an engaging experience,” lead educator Stephanie Thliveris said of her multidisciplinary project which taught students to examine the intersection between human rights and the health of waterways and to explore potential solutions to pressing environmental issues. Centered around an introduction to human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this…
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January 30, 2023

Human rights education in advisories: How small group learning can foster big change

Tags Share When schools began focusing on building stronger relationships and school communities in the 1990s, one outcome was advisories: structured time for teachers to meet with a small group of students to teach Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and foster a richer sense of school culture. Advisory groups may meet briefly each day, or for…
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September 12, 2022

A World With Truly Safe Schools Is Possible

Tags Share Written by Rebecca Stephens April 20, 1999. Columbine. It was the birth of a tragic new era that we never could have imagined before: an age of increasingly regular mass shootings perpetrated by students. Even after that first shooting, I could not have imagined a day when the call to arm teachers would…
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September 22, 2021

New Speak Truth to Power Initiative Could Set Tone, Help Heal Divided Nation

Our partnership with Bangor High School incorporates human rights education into the school’s practices and culture to create an inclusive, dignity-driven learning environment.
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Social-Emotional Learning

Human Rights Education in the Science Classroom

Human rights education in advisories: How small group learning can foster big change

A World With Truly Safe Schools Is Possible

New Speak Truth to Power Initiative Could Set Tone, Help Heal Divided Nation