Students on the Superintendent's 8th Grade Council in the Pendergast Elementary School District have a voice in planning budgets and organizing big events.
CASEL and the Committee for Children's Second Step program—two of the leading nonprofit SEL providers—offer tips for social-emotional learning during the COVID pandemic.
In Chicago, students as young as elementary age learn to organize and build civic leadership skills within the district's 200 student voice committees.
Indianapolis Public Schools recently approved a systemwide racial school policy as part of an ongoing effort to curtail racism and biases in the Indiana district.
Springfield Renaissance School students told educators in a virtual "voice" session that their curriculum needed more books celebrating diverse cultures.
School districts across the U.S. are getting books into the hands of ELL students to maintain literacy and reading comprehension skills while classrooms are closed.
Religious practice is a regular part of the day for some teens in U.S. public schools. While some students continue to pray, religious minorities still face bullying.
