Plus, a new lesson using art to reimagine power     Morningside Center NEWSLETTER     Dear Morningside Center friends, In this issue, we share one teacher's experience of how social and emotional learning brought transformative change to her students and her classroom. Plus, new lessons and good stuff to read - including our just published annual report. Enjoy! New & Featured Lessons The Power of SEL to Build Belonging & Promote Learning What does it look like when students have a sense of belonging in the classroom? A second grade 4Rs teacher says: "My students are sharing their feelings more and showing more depth of thought than I’ve seen in my 11 years of teaching second grade.” The Rise of Multigenerational Living Students discuss the challenging economic conditions that have pushed many young people to live with their older relatives and explore some of the positive and negative aspects of multigenerational living. Exploring & Reimagining Power Tyre Nichols is one of many known victims of unwarranted and unauthorized use of power by law enforcement in the United States. In this activity, students explore terminology around power and reimagine power through a positive lens. What We're Reading As Safety Threats Rise in Schools, Could SEL Programs Help? New research finds that students in SEL programs felt more supported and more included at school. This is key, researchers write, because "when students feel that their school is a safe place to learn, they demonstrate a greater sense of well-being and perform better on learning tasks.” By Christina Cipriano, Michael McCarthy and Miranda Wood on Edsurge. Educational Inequality: 4 Moments in History That Explain Where We Are Today. A new project from scholars at Columbia University examines the history of public education through the lens of race to better understand how national policies have had disparate impacts on various racial and ethnic student groups. By Ileana Najarro at Education Week. NYC parent coordinators are essential school workers. Many feel undervalued and underpaid. The role of parent coordinator “has become more critical — and stressful —during the pandemic.” A dozen parent coordinators describe how they became their school’s tech support, public health workers, and family therapists. By Amy Zimmer on Chalkbeat. This Just Out: Our 2022 Annual Report! Check out Morningside Center's latest annual report! It's full of stories and insights from our work in schools and after-school programs during a very difficult year for students and educators. Our job, writes ED Cassie Schwerner, was to "support both young people and adults as they navigate their way through the storm." We trained thousands of educators and coached staff in 210 schools over the course of the year; launched a new program in schools across Harlem, and expanded a project to provide support for after-school programs throughout NYC. Read all about it right here! “We can hash problems out because we know we all have differences and different experiences. It’s a bigger understanding of what it means to be a human. It changes the whole community in the classroom.” - Teacher Molly Heekin   Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility www.morningsidecenter.org   Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 550, New York, NY 10115 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]