WINGS for Kids Receives Support from Ballmer Group and W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Elevate Social Emotional Learning Charleston, S.C. – February 1, 2018 – WINGS for Kids, a leader and expert in social emotional learning (SEL) in the afterschool space, announced today two new grants from Ballmer Group and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The funding will … Read More
By: Bridget Laird, WINGS CEO Published by The 74. Read full commentary here > I’m a math teacher, not a counselor. I’m here to teach math,” one teacher recently told a principal I was working with in an afterschool program. The principal recounted this story while reflecting on an effort to infuse more social-emotional learning … Read More
Published in The Washington Post Every weekday, 700 children from some of the poorest parts of the Atlanta area stay after school for three hours with Wings for Kids, a program that aims to bolster not only academic performance but also social skills, relationships with caring adults and a sense of belonging at school. The kids … Read More
From CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 > CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 profiled WINGS and how eliminating our programs would affect working parents.