Promoting social emotional skills through expanded learning
Jennifer Peck, Ed Source
Published: June 2, 2015
Jennifer Peck collects and discusses comments from educational non-profit leaders about California’s education priorities, budgets, and what still needs to be done to ensure California children succed.
Article Excerpt
California is in the process of implementing a range of reforms, from the Local Control Funding Formula, the Common Core State Standards and a new accountability system. What other reforms are needed to ensure that students succeed? Nonprofit education leaders speak out on what reforms they think should be added to California’s agenda, including SEL in after school and summer programs.
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