Student Success

CASEL offers tools that provide guidance and support for districts and schools to implement high-quality, evidence-based SEL. casel.org/resources-support LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: Social-emotional learning: Won’t you be my model?

The recent success of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Fred Rogers and his groundbreaking children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, has educators returning to the program’s social-emotional lessons. The recent success of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Fred Rogers and his groundbreaking children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, has educators returning to […]

Embedding language instruction into CTE programs can help close what some educators see as an “opportunity gap” faced by students learning English. And participating in the hands-on projects of CTE can be an effective way of accelerating language acquisition. In October 2017, 30 percent of the students in Boston Public Schools’ CTE programs qualified as […]

A report by the nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York found that English language learners were underrepresented in New York City CTE programs. At-risk students who complete these programs have a higher chance of graduating. For the 2016-17 school year, the report found: ELLs made up about 9 percent of the students at the […]

As a math teacher at Harry S. Truman High School in the Bronx, Sheldon Vleck didn’t give much thought to the master schedule. “I never saw it. The only thing I’d see were kids sitting in front of me” he says. “You’d take a look at a kid and say, ‘Well, this kid is really […]

School investigations—whether at a private or public high school, or other institution—pose special problems for school administrators and counsel. The risks are often high, and school leaders, even those well-versed in the typical legal issues affecting their institutions, may be inexperienced in conducting investigations. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, here are six best practices […]