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Turnaround for Children Toolbox

The Turnaround for Children Toolbox is an online hub for science-grounded ideas and resources that empower educators—including teachers, school…

Thriving, Robust Equity, and Transformative Learning and Development: A More Powerful Conceptualization of the Contributors to Youth Success

Written by David Osher, Karen Pittman, Jill Young, Hal Smith, Deborah Moroney, and Merita Irby. Our paper speaks to…

Supporting the Social and Emotional Learning of Systematically Marginalized Students in a Pandemic

These guides and report from the National Center for Learning Disabilities explores how to affirm students’ identities to promote…

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

This LPI report summarizes evidence about the effects of positive school climate, social-emotional learning, and productive teaching strategies on…

The 180 Podcast: Turnaround for Children

The 180 Podcast, a new podcast by Turnaround for Children, explores how to transform 21st-century education using 21st-century science.

Creating Conditions for Student Success: A Policymakers’ School Climate Playbook

This Aspen Institute Education & Society Program and ExcelinEd report contains proven school climate strategies along with a set…

The Science of Adversity

Pamela Cantor, M.D., President and CEO of Turnaround for Children, explains the science of adversity and how we can…

Identifying, Defining, and Measuring Social and Emotional Competencies Final Report

This AIR report serves as a resource and guide for researchers and will help provide direction to those who…

Self-Assessing Social and Emotional Instruction and Competencies

This self-assessment tool from AIR is designed to help educators reflect upon (1) their current teaching practices that impact…

Preparing Teachers to Support Social and Emotional Learning

This two-part LPI study offers information on how pre-service and in-service teacher training can support good teaching practices and…

Designing for Learning

This resource from Transcend provides cards and activities to support teams in applying key insights from the science of…

Building Blocks for Learning

Turnaround for Children’s Building Blocks for Learning is a framework for the development of skills children need for success…

Teaching the Way Students Learn Best: Lessons from Bronxdale High School

This case study of Bronxdale High School in New York was written to illustrate what a successful school serving…

Science of Learning: What Educators Need to Know About Adolescent Development

After reviewing research about adolescent learning and development, the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) crafted a set of principles…

From a Nation At Risk to a Nation at Hope: Recommendations from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

This culminating report provides recommendations to engage communities in re-envisioning a learning system that encompasses social, emotional, and cognitive…

The Evidence Base for How We Learn: Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

Under the support of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development these consensus statements of evidence call…

The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth

This consensus report explores the science of child and adolescent development to inform youth-serving systems.

Building Partnerships in Support of Where, When, and How Learning Happens

In this brief, the Youth Development Work Group of the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic…

Using ARP Funds to Redesign Schools for Whole Child Equity

Updated: Aug 12 As we approach the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, our nation must address…

COVID-19 Resources for Field Leaders

COVID-19 is dramatically impacting nearly all aspects of our lives, including how we build and sustain relationships, how we...