Our News
Our work is ever evolving in a variety of ways.
To find out more about how we put our mission into action everyday explore our latest news.
A Transformed School Community
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...
Tips for Parents & Caregivers on How to Talk to Kids About Differences
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
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,...
Meet Our New Board of Directors
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....
Meet Beth, Librarian Extraordinaire at Changing Perspectives
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...
Thank You for Inspiring Empathy with Us
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...
How Making Kindness a Priority Benefits Students
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...
Building on Success
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...
Our Kids Are Losing Their Empathy & Technology Has A Lot to Do With It
t was shocking for me to discover that our kids are growing up to be far less caring and compassionate that any previous generation. And while you can’t place the blame entirely on technology, it’s undeniably a major factor in American society’s documented decline in...
Choosing the Right Social and Emotional Learning Programs and Practices
Educators have become increasingly interested in supporting students to cultivate inter- and intra-personal skills such as collaborative teamwork, self-management and responsible decision making – skills that are developed through the process of social and emotional...
The 30 Day Awake to Autism Experience
Changing Perspectives is excited to announce a collaborative project with our friends at Just Like You Films! Beginning on April 4, Changing Perspectives and Just Like You Films are partnering to bring you a FREE 30-day online experience to help spread kindness and...
A Conversation with Two Young Kindness Ambassadors
2019 has been an exciting year at Changing Perspectives! One of our proudest accomplishments has been partnering with six schools in California. To welcome our newest partner schools, Changing Perspectives’ Executive Director, Sam Drazin, recently visited California....
