Social-emotional learning is often missing from core curricula, yet schools that teach it show multiple gains. Austin Independent School District, which has more than 87,000 students from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds, implemented the Second Step program in every school with great results. For example, in the three years since O. Henry Middle School adopted the Second Step program, discipline referrals have dropped by 87 percent.
Learn more at http://www.cfchildren.org.
More info on Austin ISD: A District Embracing SEL
Austin ISD: A District Embracing SEL - BingNews
Search results
-
San Antonio Area Voters Tackle Education Issues Amid Low Turnout in Bexar County Elections
Bexar County votes in local races focused on education, with NEISD and SWISD school board seats and bond propositions at the forefront.
-
Hetrick, Reinold, DeLeon win seats on the Dripping Springs ISD board, per unofficial election results
Five candidates are running for an at-large seat on the Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees. The three candidates with the most votes will win seats. (Brittany Anderson/Community Impact) Hetrick ...
-
'It's a nationwide problem' | State law requires Central Texas schools to punish students caught with vaping products with alternative schooling
RELATED: Austin ISD updates how it will respond ... be illegal to use cartoons or certain images to sell vaping products in Texas Oldham said district administrators want to make sure they're ...
-
Austin ISD Fields Criticisms of Plan to Replace Nonprofit
Local political leaders, including county commissioners and at least two members of City Council, are engaging in back-channel discussions with Austin ISD’s board of trustees. “I’m aware of ...
-
Austin ISD Fields Criticisms of Plan to Replace Nonprofit
Local political leaders, including county commissioners and at least two members of City Council, are engaging in back-channel discussions with Austin ISD’s board of trustees., whose district includes ...
-
Del Valle ISD aims to fill vacant positions quickly, looking to hire 90 teachers
“We are currently negotiating our budget and working very hard with our CFO and we will soon be releasing what the starting salary will be for teachers in our district this year, but it will be higher ...
-
TEA appoints conservators to Socorro ISD to oversee district
SOCORRO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Education Agency has appointed two conservators for the Socorro Independent School District on Thursday ... to Socorro ISD. According to TEA, the ...
-
Abilene ISD Announce New Additions to Athletics Staff
Before that, he held roles in athletics at Austin ISD, where he worked on event management and operations, collaborated directly with district maintenance crews, and served as a sports director ...
-
Retired Humble ISD athletic director denies sexual harassment claims
According to Humble ISD, Kite was hired by the district in 2000 and became athletic director in 2008. The district put Kite on paid administrative leave last May. The document states the ...
-
Austin Formula One fans: If you don't like this year's music, you can sell back your pass
Attention Formula One U.S. Grand Prix fans: Circuit of the Americas will buy early bird passes back until May 6. COTA officials are "confident this year’s United States Grand Prix entertainment ...
-
Dr. Jack Loveridge sworn in as El Paso ISD Board of Trustees District 3 representative
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso ISD Board of Trustees ... a variety of campuses including Austin High School, the high school at the heart of the district Loveridge now represents.
-
Inside the Investigations: Austin ISD HVAC projects
The story they’re talking about this week is: Every year the Austin Independent School District receives thousands of requests to fix faulty heating and air conditioning systems at its schools.