Educational disparities between Black students and white students are glaring in our education system. “Black boys tend to be at the bottom of every positive academic indicator and at the top of every negative academic indicator,” says Chris Chatmon, Founder and CEO of Kingmakers of Oakland. …

As schools kick-off the 2023–24 school year, the question remains — how can we design equitable schools and structures that create positive student experiences and prepare all young people to learn and thrive? …

Creating a foundation of effective relationships with caregivers By the BELE Network CASEL’s latest brief in the BELE Learning Series, Collaborating With Communities and Caregivers: Conditions for Building Authentic Partnerships, focuses on the fourth EA: Partner with Caregivers and Communities. A community-led racial reckoning at King Elementary began when someone…

Dr. Gisele C. Shorter speaks with The 16:1 Podcast about the BELE Network and prioritizing student experience. Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, was recently featured on The 16:1 Podcast, a show about education, teaching, & learning. …

District-Level Learnings from the Field By the BELE Network In order to create learning environments where all students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, school districts must design schoolwide systems and structures that center students. This is at the core of the BELE Network’s first Essential Action, making systems human-centered…

Insights From the Caregiver Community By the BELE Network To holistically educate young people, school leaders must engage caregivers as co-designers of their students’ learning environments. This is at the core of the BELE Network’s fourth Essential Action: Partner with Caregivers and Communities. …

An overview of the BSCA education funds By the BELE Network With the school year well underway, educators have an opportunity to redefine what they mean by student safety. Parents are justifiably concerned about their kids’ safety at school, and Congress has made important investments in protecting students. Those investments…

By Karen VanAusdal (Senior Director of Practice at CASEL), Melissa Schlinger (Vice President of Practice and Programs at CASEL), and Tyrone Martinez-Black (Practice Integration Specialist) Imagine walking into your child’s high school, where members of the marching band are performing outside the building. Student greeters hold the doors open and…

By Education Resource Strategies Creating equitable outcomes for all students requires identifying and exposing existing inequities within school systems. One shining example is Columbus City Schools, which appointed Dr. …