What Works in Public Education
Sort by Name Post date Sort by Votes

EQ Meets IQ: An Interview with Roger Weissberg

The president of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) discusses the effects of social and emotional learning on academic achievement.

Tags: Social & Emotional Learning, K-12
2/25/08
4.333335

Learning Landscape: Kids Monitor Terrain with Tech

Students at this Minnesota elementary school use new technology to study the ancient ecology of a vast prairie wetland.

Tags: handhelds, integrated curriculum, laptops, MN, place-based learning, Project Learning, Technology Integration, Elementary/K-5
2/19/08
4.507465

Problem-Solving Peace Helpers Become Playground Mediators

At this elementary school in Brooklyn, fourth and fifth graders help younger students resolve conflicts.

Tags: bullying, character education, NY, Social & Emotional Learning, Elementary/K-5
1/21/08
4.472975
Chile's San Luis Beltran School

It's Personal: Chile's San Luis Beltrán School

Students become responsible for their learning by setting their own pace at a school that educates parents as well as children.

Tags: Social & Emotional Learning, K-12
1/21/08
3.65

Canadian Kaleidoscope: Brookfield High School

At a multicultural high school in Ottawa, technology opens new worlds.

Tags: laptops, Technology Integration, High/9-12
1/7/08
4.698115
Emotional Intelligence Overview, Part 2

Smart Hearts: Social and Emotional Learning Overview

In school districts from New Haven to Anchorage, social and emotional skills are being taught and assessed just like skills in math and reading.

Tags: bullying, CA, character education, Social & Emotional Learning, K-12
12/7/07
4.791045
Bank Street

Bank Street College of Education Empowers New Teachers

This old college is teaching aspiring educators new tricks, with a focus on experiential learning, classroom immersion, and mentoring.

Tags: community partnerships, mentoring, NY, Project Learning, Teacher Development, teacher preparation, K-12
11/19/07
4.6
Northern Enlightenment

Educating Hearts: A Districtwide Commitment to Teaching How to Care

The Anchorage, Alaska, school system's investment in social and emotional learning is paying off both socially and academically.

Tags: AK, Social & Emotional Learning, Teacher Development, K-12
11/19/07
4.563635
east people thumbnail

EAST: Who Are These People?

What kind of students join the Environmental and Spatial Technology Initiative? Here are their answers.

Tags: AR, Project Learning, Technology Integration, Secondary/6-12
11/1/07
3.714285
east student teacher thumbnail

Going EAST: Student and Teacher POVs

Students make sense of local history while creating an award-winning documentary, and an old-school teacher finds new inspiration though the Environmental and Spatial Technology Initiative.

Tags: AR, Project Learning, Technology Integration, Secondary/6-12
11/1/07
4.642855