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The Curb-cut Effect and Championing Equity
From Learning for Justice: "The curb-cut effect is a framework for understanding the community-wide benefits of any innovation specifically designed to achieve equity for an underserved group."
7 Ways to Get Your Teen to Actually Talk to You
From iMom.com: "It’s hard to know how to talk to teenagers when they won’t talk to you. If you want to get your guarded teen to open up, here are 7 things to try."
How To Get Parents Meaningfully Involved In Your School
From TeachThought: "For a school’s parent engagement strategy to be successful, it must be based on a solid foundation. To that end, the following six ideas to help your parent engagement strategy begin on the right foot."
13 Powerful SEL Activities
From Edutopia: "Summit Preparatory Charter High School uses a variety of activities that build social and emotional skills into any class. Here's some of their activities that can be used to deepen relationships with students."
Developing Empathy in Preschoolers: Here’s What to Know
From Today: "...The ability to understand and respect another person’s perspective, is the foundation of all human interaction... and you can help teach your child about empathy and its importance even at this young age."
At-Home Tools to Help Kids Manage Their Emotions
From National Geographic: "Whether or not your kids are getting SEL lessons in school, they could benefit from extra support in these stressful times. Here are grab-and-go SEL techniques you can use with your kids to get some of the same benefits at home."
4 Ways to Make SEL More Culturally Relevant
From SmartBrief: "There's no one-size-fits-all solution for creating culturally relevant SEL instruction but there are a few simple ways educators can make their SEL teaching more inclusive and effective for diverse student populations."
Three Principles for Using SEL in the Classroom
From NEA: "Try these creative ways to work social and emotional learning into your lessons."
10 Books On Disability Justice
From BookRiot: "This list acts as a starting place to introduce people to disability justice and its many facets."
7 Ways to Teach Kids to Manage Their Own Conflicts
From Edutopia: "Strengthening students’ capacity to evaluate their problems and consider a number of solutions leads to better, less impulsive conflict resolution."