Research shows social emotional learning improves classroom performance. How does it work & what does brain research show about emotion in learning?
May 292013
Apr 192013
How should educators respond to tragic events that enter our classrooms and schools? I was reading a blog post this morning that made me think about this question. The author, a 7th grade teacher in Boston, received emails from her students asking if they could change their ” current events research topic” assignment of the week [...]
Feb 072013
Ready to increase EQ and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in communities around the globe? A recent survey showed a need to enroll and engage others – here are some ideas of how.
Jan 302013
“We create caring, nurturing adults, prepared to be productive citizens in a democratic society.” I’m sure you’ve all seen that proclamation, there or thereabouts, as part of the mission statement of just about every school you’ve ever visited. It’s a common declaration. And meaningless if it isn’t followed. How do we avoid turning it into [...]
Dec 202012
Dedicated to the memory of the 20 children and 6 adults who lost their lives in last week’s senseless shooting in Newtown, CT. In these holiday weeks, full of both great joy and also terrible sadness, I’ve become really interested in the connections between mindfulness, gratitude, and EQ. These three pursuits seem more important than [...]
Oct 302012
Do you sometimes feel that the we have lost sight of what truly matters in educating our children? Are you concerned about the apparent lack of empathy and the propensity of people to inflict harm and cruelty? Are you worried that, globally, our educators are told to focus only on test scores and academic achievement, [...]
Sep 222012
Excitement is building for Six Seconds’ EQ Education programs! SEL Implementation: We’re delighted to be working with a number of schools this year integrating social emotional learning into their programs. One “star” is an elementary school in Palo Alto, CA. Last year we launched a comprehensive process for raising awareness — and this [...]
Sep 092012
Six Seconds Education Team Goes to the Bahamas! On August 30 and 31, Six Seconds teamed up with our partner, We the People, a community organization in Nassau, the Bahamas, to offer a two day EQ Educator training to teachers and administrators of grades 5, 8, and 11. The EQ Educator certification was taught as [...]
Jun 182012
In our recent Six Seconds Education Webinar: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) as a Sustainable Approach to Bullying Prevention, Lauren Hyman Kaplan, prevention expert and educational consultant in NYC, and Alex Russell, Six Seconds Program Manager, and Susan Stillman, Six Seconds’ Director of Education asked our participants this question: Did you know that a child’s [...]
May 152012
Isn’t homework essential for getting kids to internalize skills and become solid in their new learning? Keeps them busy and out of trouble… and no harm in that, right? Research says it’s not so clear that it helps… and the social-emotional effects may be grave. Here’s an excerpt from a new article in the Washington [...]