• All the Feelings That Make Us Human

    An almanac of emotions collected online

    May 04, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    Take a peek at this digital portrait of the collective emotional landscape created by two whiz kids Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar who sift through blog posts for feeling words – more than 12 million feelings since 2005. Their book about the experiment is newly published, called We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion. It contains the euphoria, the despair, the passion, the dreams, and the desires that make us human.

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  • The Power of Social and Emotional Learning Gets Capitol Hill Hearing

    Congressman: "We've got to teach kids to regulate their emotions!"

    Mar 25, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    In this video clip, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio discuss the power of social and emotional learning at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill.

    When Ryan asserts that "we've got to teach kids how to regulate their emotions," the education secretary agrees vehemently.

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  • The New Smart - Rethinking Intelligence and How to Develop It

    CNN explores what is emotional intelligence - and can/should children learn it

    Mar 24, 2010
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    Submitted by: Paula Schwed

    CNN reporter Alina Cho takes a look at what it means to be smart and whether emotional intelligence can be taught in this video segment that's kicked up plenty of comment online. The research clearly shows that developing social and emotional skills deepens engagement and connection to school as well as improving the misconduct detrimental to learning.

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  • WINGS Gets Results!

    More than 20 colleges clamor for this WINGS kid

    Mar 17, 2010
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    Submitted by: Paula Schwed

    At WINGS we are all so proud of what Kimberly Bowman has accomplished since she arrived at WINGS as a shy little girl with crippling self-doubt. Now more than 20 colleges clamor to admit her! She soars with confidence. She's a terrific success story and proof positive that WINGS reaches its educational outcomes. See our CEO's letter in today's Charleston Post and Courier.

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  • Making School Curriculum More "Touchy Feely"

    Leadership expert touts emotional intelligence as key to success

    Mar 09, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    More and more leadership training in the workplace focuses on developing the social and emotional skills that WINGS teaches kids in the early elementary school years. Here's a video of Yvette Vignando of Emotional Intelligence Development Australia explaining why emotional intelligence ought to be an essential part of the curriculum in every school - transforming kids into "better learners, more connected, better behaved."

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