Back to School with Hope and Maybe Something More?
Heading back to school, mixed with hope & fear. How can we help students (anyone) feel belonging and acceptance as they are — while also supporting them to keep growing?
Read MoreCategory: EQ Education
How does social emotional learning improve educational effectiveness? How can students, teachers, parents, and administrators use the skills of EQ to get better results?
Lessons from EQ.EDU Higher Ed Conference
How do we bridge the gap between childhood and the workforce? How can Higher Ed use EQ to improve outcomes? EQ.EDU Moving SEL into Higher Ed conference explores these topics.
Read MoreRevitalizing School Community
How do schools become vibrant, joyful, inclusive communities? School leaders intentionally build them with teachers, students and family collaboration.
Read MoreResearch: Growing an Emotionally Intelligent School
What does research show about using assessments to guide effective implementation of social emotional learning? Here are highlights from a new journal article.
Read MoreFirst Nations Youth Finding Wellbeing with Emotion, Spirit, Body & Mind
For teens struggling with a brutal addiction to solvents, hope and healing seem far away. Traditional culture & the Medicine Wheel combine with emotional intelligence to support a path forward for the children, and their counselors.
Read MoreHow to Increase Empathy in Children
The key to happiness is strong, lifelong relationships – and you build those with empathy. Here’s how to increase empathy in children.
Read MoreDragonfly: Social Emotional Learning Goes Outdoors
For kids across Asia, Dragonfly’s outdoor ed and service learning program is all about self-discovery through EQ. Find out how this unique model is helping kids develop their interpersonal skills.
Read MoreImproving School Leaders’ Effectiveness Through EQ
Principals have a special role in promoting social emotional learning. Find out what the research shows works best.
Read MoreHow to Understand People: Ask, Listen, and Get Real
Do you want to know how to understand people more easily? A starting point is a wide-spread lie we tell others — and ourselves. Here’s how to connect on a deeper level.
Read MoreHow to Teach Children Emotional Intelligence for a Better World
When feelings run hot, how can we use emotional intelligence to fuel our commitment for positive change… and support children to create a better world?
Read MoreSupporting Children’s Rights through Strong Relationships
Mutually respectful relationships are a foundation for human rights. So how can children & adults use emotional intelligence to strengthen relationships?
Read MoreTeaching Emotional Intelligence Like a Snake Charmer
Like charming snakes requires special skills, teaching EQ in schools gives students training for life to help make positive choices and healthy relationships.
Read MoreStudying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool
Can a 10-week EQ Course change the Emotional Intelligence scores of students in a rural Appalachian high school class? Eastern Kentucky is comprised of tiny towns tucked into valleys between the steep Appalachian Mountains in the heart of coal country. The region has some of the highest drop-out rates in the nation, as well as […]
Read MoreMiddle School Climate & Learning – AERA research
New research is shedding light on what middle schoolers are feeling about school and learning — and what makes social emotional learning (SEL) effective for young adolescents. They crave authenticity and connection, but are not finding these at school.
Read MoreBully-proof Your Kids with Emotional Intelligence
Read MoreHealthy Classrooms, Emotional Intelligence, and Brain Research
Research shows social emotional learning improves classroom performance. How does it work & what does brain research show about emotion in learning?
Read MoreThree Traps for Teaching EQ, Especially for Teens
Recently a student told me that she dreads the “SEL” class in her school because, “the teacher is so fake.” There are three key traps that lead to this kind of failure in social emotional learning, and some simple-but-challenging solutions to find a balance in inquiry, planning, and power.
Read MoreSociograms: Mapping the Emotional Dynamics of a Classroom
A sociogram is a useful tool for educators who want objective data on a classroom’s social dynamics – here’s how they work.
Read MoreResearch Case: Six Seconds’ Self-Science Curriculum
This study examines the relationship between social-emotional instruction and academic competencies of motivation and goal setting, critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and leadership, and agility and adaptability. The researcher embedded a social-emotional curriculum called Self-Science designed by Six Seconds in her third grade classroom during the 2010-2011 school year. Findings indicated increased motivation […]
Read MoreAddressing 21st Century Issues with Emotional Intelligence: A conversation with Daniel Goleman and The Six Seconds EQ Network
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change
In this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).
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