The Louisville Story
Kentucky's Jefferson County Public Schools are using an initiative for social and emotional education to help students become better learners while developing the skills necessary to become self-aware, caring, and connected to others. CARE for Kids, now in its second year in the school district, is an ambitious homegrown program whose success in enriching school culture, reducing discipline issues, and boosting academic performance -- and is being held up by experts as a national model.
Literacy teacher Robben Seadler makes a point each morning at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School to greet every student by name.
Credit: Nathan Kirkman
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ArticleWed, Dec 23, 2009 | 1 comment(s)The security monitor of a Louisville, Kentucky, elementary school on the wonders of social and emotional learning.
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ArticleWed, Dec 23, 2009 | 4 comment(s)How do you boost achievement, reduce racial and economic performance gaps, and nurture happier, healthier, more confident students?
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VideoWed, Dec 23, 2009 | 5 comment(s)In Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County Public Schools are seeing positive results from a districtwide commitment to the CARE for Kids program made just two years ago. Read the article or watch a brief introductory video.
