Teaching Empathy

05/08/2022

Finding Howard: The Legacy of a Song is a documentary film about empathy, forgiveness, and hope. Through inspiring conversations with educators, community leaders, activists, and scholars, as well as deeply touching letters written by children across the US and Canada, Finding Howard: The Legacy of a Song tells the story of how a song and the work in schools it inspired can be a model for creating communities of belonging and safety for all.

05/05/2021

Easing the transition back to in-person learning Teaching Empathy Institute presents: TEACH HERE NOW A micro-course for classroom teachers who are returning to in-person learning Download TEACH HERE

11/22/2015

A Word Appeared In early December of 1989, while working as a visiting teacher for schools throughout the Northeastern United States, I had an unusual experience with a group of 5th grade students....

10/29/2015

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/restorative-justice-resources-matt-davis

Resources and case studies that demonstrate how to bring restorative justice to your school or classroom.

10/29/2015

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blueprint-emotional-safety-david-a-levine?published=t

The idea of school safety conjures up images of single points of entry, signing in at the front of the school, showing identification to security per

10/27/2015

Let's be kind to each other not forever but for real...Bob Franke, songwriter extraordinaire.

Life's Individual Educational Plan Those of us who work with children too often see the emotional impact current life circumstances have on our students. The typical "helping response" is to label,...

10/27/2015

http://www.academyforchange.org/21st-century-skills-for-children-by-by-david-a-levine-reposted/

4/10/2013 @ 1:12PM Ashoka, Contributor We hear all the time about learning for the 21st century and the need for U.S. schools to prepare our students to effectively compete internationally. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) predominate the conversation and yet there is often one cr…