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DonateSee early findings and lessons from 38 sites working to implement social and emotional learning support for students across schools and out-of-school-time programs. Six communities across the country—Boston; Dallas; Denver; Palm Beach County, Fla; Tacoma, Wash.; and Tulsa, Okla.—are exploring whether and how children benefit when schools and out-of-school-time programs intentionally work together to build students’ SEL
Dallas ISD, Big Thought, Dallas Afterschool and Dallas Park and Recreation share early lessons from a six-year national study they are participating in called the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative (PSELI). Dallas was selected to be one of six communities to be part of the initiative via a competitive nationwide review process. PSELI
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In October 2019, The Wallace Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance hosted a day-long event in Chicago to address the challenges of teaching social and emotional skills to young people in out-of-school time programs. We drafted the conference report that is in your hands, however, before two major developments in the life of this nation had