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Dear Fellow Educators, In response to COVID-19 school closings, we have compiled a variety of resources to help support you as you teach remotely and continue nurturing your students’ social-emotional learning. As you know, SEL is a framework for helping students...

Dear Families, In response to COVID-19 school closings, we have compiled a variety of resources to help support parents and caregivers who are assisting their children with distance learning at home. At this uncertain time, nurturing students’ social-emotional...

As a result of the current health crisis, many schools have closed and moved to distance learning. Changing Perspectives is here to support all teachers, all parents, and all students through this challenging time. Now more than ever, students need opportunities to...

Changing Perspectives is turning 5! At a recent retreat, our small team took time to reflect not only on our growth in the past year but also on our success over time. To date, we’ve promoted awareness and inspired empathy in dozens of communities by partnering with...

Diane Siegel of Woodside, CA is an inclusion advocate and a Changing Perspectives champion! A former school administrator and classroom educator, Diane has witnessed the power of Changing Perspectives as it transformed a school community. Read on to hear more about...

As a new school year is underway, we're pleased to announce that we're kicking off a new season of Facebook Live events!  Our Facebook Live events offer viewers an opportunity to connect directly with Sam Drazin, the Founder & Executive Director of Changing...

Nine Competencies for Teaching Empathy Michele Borba An educational psychologist and parenting expert offers advice to school leaders. Empathy is at the core of everything that makes a school caring, a teacher responsive, and a society civilized. When empathy wanes,...

As a new school year begins, we're thrilled to share an exciting update: As Changing Perspectives continues to grow and develop, so does the dedicated volunteers that compose our board of directors. We're thrilled to introduce you to our three newest board members....

While the mission of Changing Perspectives comes alive in the classrooms of our partner schools, our staff and board do a lot of work behind-the-scenes to bring our lessons to life. Because the Changing Perspectives curriculum includes a lot of books, our librarian is...

Dear Current Changing Perspectives Educators, Thank you for being one of over 300 educators in nearly 60 schools who utilized Changing Perspectives curriculum materials this year! From all of us at Changing Perspectives, we hope that our materials allowed you to...

He goes by Ice, but Tanapat Treyanurak is known among his peers at Hamilton College for his disarming warmth. He grew up in a village in Thailand, where he lived with two older brothers, his mother and father, and his grandmother. Both parents worked long hours, so...

What a year we’ve had at Changing Perspectives! We more than doubled the number of participating students, increased our partner schools, expanded our geographic coverage, and forged some key partnerships to broaden our reach. Here are some highlights of our past...