Resources

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
"Whole Child Resolution Toolkit 2008" is now available online:
www.wholechildeducation.org.

Recent findings of a study conducted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), indicate that school-based SEL programming positively affects student social-emotional skills, attitudes, academic performance, social behavior, emotional distress and conduct. For more information, please visit: http://www.casel.org/downloads/metaanalysissum.pdf.

To develop the leadership needed to improve K-12 public education teaching and learning, America needs well-coordinated state, district, and school-level policies and practices, a new report from the Wallace Foundation argues. Based on lessons from the foundation's work with two dozen states and scores of urban districts since 2000, Leadership for Learning: Making the Connection Among State, District and School Policies and Practices, offers a working hypothesis designed to enable every child to become a successful learner, and describes the challenges and promise of achieving a successful public education system. This report is now available online: http://www.wallacefoundation.org