Stories

Their name will be the first word they hear from us every day for the rest of the year. Best to get it right.

During the pandemic, students lost time and opportunity to learn. Now, educators are looking for the best strategies to help them recover.

Brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart spoke with developmental psychologist Dr. Tia Kim of the Committee for Children about Social Emotional Learning and how most parents really feel about it.

Betsy DeVos thinks her years in office were a waste of time. A keynote speaker at Moms for Liberty’s Joyful Warrior National Summit last weekend in Tampa, DeVos co-opted police reform activists’ language for a new context: Defund the Department of Education.

Brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart recently spoke with Dr. Akilah Reynolds, a licensed psychologist in Los Angeles and a team member at The Black Girl Doctor, about how social-emotional learning (SEL) can change this picture and offer a different pathway to understanding and regulating our emotions. Their conversation got to the heart of what we know today about how parents, teachers and other adults can set kids up for success by understanding how to work with their feelings and the feelings of others to communicate and collaborate effectively.

When the mercury rises, that’s supposed to be family time, relaxation time, playtime for America’s students. It can also be a time of profound learning for the youngest children—if adults approach teaching them in novel ways that encourage their self-expression and embrace their creativity. 

Betsy is back. And she’s making new friends.

Trump-era Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will join the far-right group Moms for Liberty at what they’ve dubbed the Joyful Warrior National Summit this weekend in Tampa, Florida.

Critical race theory and race weren’t talked about at my school. I was a white boy in a school that worked hard to protect my comfort, and it sucked. Read now.

Over my years as an advocate for Black children and their families, I took intentional actions to learn the hidden realities of Black history and resurrect cultural practices stripped from us somewhere across the Atlantic.