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Educator Learning to Enact the Science of Learning and Development

This report synthesizes research on how to support educators in developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with developing the whole child both in preservice and in-service contexts. It addresses both the “what” of teacher and leader preparation—the content educators need to learn about children and how to support their development and learning—and the “how”—the strategies for educator learning that can produce deep understanding; useful skills; and the capacity to reflect, learn, and continue to improve.

Source: Learning Policy Institute

Communicating the “Learning” in Social-Emotional Learning

This issue focuses on Fordham Institute’s recently completed study of parent perceptions of social-emotional learning entitled “How to Sell SEL: Parents and the Politics of Social-Emotional Learning.” The study not only focuses on overall parent perceptions, but also explores the differences in those perceptions based on political party affiliation (Republican vs. Democrat).

Source: Learning Policy Institute

A Restorative Approach for Equitable Education

Brief that describes how schools can ameliorate—rather than exacerbate—racial inequities with research-based practices that advance a restorative approach to schooling and make learning environments more supportive, equitable, and anti-racist.

Source: Learning Policy Institute

Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success

Report that looks closely at a broad body of neuroscience, science of learning, and child development science to examine how schools can use effective, research-based practices to create settings in which students’ healthy growth and development are central to the design of classrooms and the school as a whole.

Source: Learning Policy Institute

Design Principles for Schools: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action

A playbook pointing to principles to nurture innovations and effective school models that advance this change. It provides a framework to guide the transformation of k-12 settings, illustrating how practitioners can implement structures and practices that support learning and development through its five components.

Source: Learning Policy Institute