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In The News
BotÃn Foundation partners with Yale to examine creativity and emotion
March 13, 2013
A signing ceremony was held at Yale on March 13, 2013 after the University announced an agreement with the Botín Foundation to advance research in the area of emotional intelligence. The ...
February 22, 2013
The angst and ire of teenagers is finding new, sometimes dangerous expression online—precipitating threats, fights, and a scourge of harrassment that parents and schools feel powerless to stop. ...
Murphy Seeks Pre-K Education Improvement
February 20, 2013
CT Senator Chris Murphy has publicly endorsed universal pre-K in CT! This news story features our lab school in Stamford, CT-- the Childcare Learning Centers. Preschool RULER is center focus of this ...
Yale researchers and Facebook engineers created a system to report cyberbullying
February 5, 2013
Dr. Brackett, Dr. Stern and Facebook are leading the charge in a joint ongoing study. About 400,000 kids reported some form of bullying on Facebook. Research focused on 13 to 14-year-olds, in order to ...
Emotionally Intelligent Bullying Prevention
January 31, 2013
Learn more about tools that have been developed by Dr. Marc Brackett and Dr. Robin Stern to help 13-14 year olds resolve issues on Facebook. The research focuses on how the site looks into bullying, ...
Public shame, private pain: Kids’ stories of cyberbullying and what to do about it
January 22, 2013
A brief video about High School students' experiences with cyberbullying.
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A world of digital pain: Yale professors discuss cyberbullying on Facebook
January 22, 2013
Just how common is cyberbullying on Facebook? Yale’s Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Robin Stern, psychotherapist and research scientist for the ...
Lady Gaga and Dr. Brackett Team Up For Anti-bullying Effort
January 16, 2013
Dr. Brackett is now a member of the Research Advisory Board for Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. The board is comprised of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who are advising the ...
The Emotionally Intelligent Decision Maker
January 11, 2013
Emotion-Understanding Ability Reduces the Effect of Incidental Anxiety on Risk Taking
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What Do All Young People Need to Feel Safe?
December 20, 2012
After the recent tragedy in Newtown, Dr. Brackett participated in an insightful and informative conversation with other professionals, parents, educators, public safety officers, and politicians that ...
Emotional Intelligence: Yale’s Christmas Gift to the North Pole
December 19, 2012
Among Inuits living in the Artic, words that describe emotional states are almost as rare as winter flowers. Recently, educators charged with teaching tribal children visited the Yale Center for ...
Research in the News: Learning emotional intelligence is a classroom boon, researchers find
December 5, 2012
Improving the Social and Emotional Climate of Classrooms: A Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the RULER Approach
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The Secret to Designing a Positive School Culture
November 9, 2012
By giving students the freedom to design school expectations, Prospect Sierra fosters empathy, teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving skills in students.
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Caring connections in the classroom boost student engagement and learning, study shows
August 28, 2012
Emotional connection in the classroom can have a major impact on students’ success in school. Students tend to thrive in classroom environments in which teachers are sensitive to students’ ...
Measuring Emotional Intelligence in Early Adolescence
August 14, 2012
A study lead by Drs. Susan Rivers and Marc Brackett was just published on the role and importance of emotional intelligence in healthy psychological functioning and greater social competence, as ...
July 31, 2012
The RULER approach to social emotional learning is partnering with Stamford, Ct. pre-schools to research the ability of pre-school children to develop skills in self-regulation and empathy building ...
The 2nd Compassion Research Day at Facebook HQ
July 24, 2012
In case you missed Dr. Brackett and Dr. Stern at Facebook HQ you can watch it here!
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From Mine to Ours: Nurturing Empathy in Children
July 17, 2012
David Sack, M.D., Psychiatrist and CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, shares strategies that align with The RULER Approach for raising empathic children.
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Eye Glasses That Read Your Emotions
July 2, 2012
Medical professionals see the value in using colors, like those in our Mood Meter, to determine patient's emotions using emotion-detecting eye glasses.
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What A Bullied School Bus Monitor Can Teach Us All
June 25, 2012
Although it is difficult to do so, it is necessary to also be empathetic toward a bully, not just the victim. While Karen Klein, the 68 year-old bus monitor who was tormented by middle school children, ...
Teacher Burnout: What Are the Warning Signs?
June 11, 2012
The culture and climate of a school matters when it comes to reducing teacher burn-out rates. Here are some of the warning signs of teacher burn-out and some ways that we can prevent it from happening ...
Being Gifted Can Be a Double-edged Sword
May 23, 2012
Can you imagine someone who is highly intelligent using cognitive intelligence as a framework but doesn’t really know how to get along with people or doesn’t really know how to manage his or ...
Raising Stellar Students About More Than Getting Top Grades
May 14, 2012
In order to raise stellar students, Schools must focus more on social and emotional literacy, rather than grades. This begs the question as to whether we would rather have an academically successful kid ...
How Valley Stream turns the Lights On
May 9, 2012
Much work goes into planning of annual educational showcase...
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Creating Emotionally Literate Schools with The RULER Approach
April 23, 2012
Ruler has entered the Activating Empathy competition and voting begins in 5 weeks. The RULER Approach is among 626 entries from 74 different countries. Take a look at our entry and remember to vote in 5 ...
Making Education Brain Science
April 13, 2012
By JENNY ANDERSON (From the New York Times)
Last month, two kindergarten classes at the Blue School were hard at work doing what many kindergartners do: drawing. One group ...
What Do Your Rules Say About You?
April 9, 2012
While classroom rules keep students and staff physically safe they do not protect feelings, self-esteem and the need to feel psychologically safe. The RULER approach to social emotional learning uses ...
Bullying: Why Social and Emotional Learning in Schools is Paramount to Prevention
April 8, 2012
Bullying and other forms of social cruelty in schools will not just end with anti-bullying campaigns. In order to change a culture of bullying and aggression, schools must implement teachings ...
“Letters to Daddy: The Musical Key to Bully Free”
March 23, 2012
When the message about how destructive bullying can be is delivered by youngsters to one another, the message resonates much louder than when it is an adult lecturing a child.
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A Training to Make Teachers Less Stressed
March 8, 2012
A new study shows how the Cultivating Emotional Balance program can help teachers (and the rest of us) reduce stress and cultivate compassion.
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Minnesota School District Reaches Agreement on Preventing Gay Bullying
March 6, 2012
From the New York Times By Erik Eckholm
After years of accusations that it had failed to stop antigay bullying and a spate of student suicides, Minnesota’s largest school district has agreed to ...
Educators Turn to Social and Emotional Learning to Reduce Conflicts
February 27, 2012
Chicago - Playing well with others, it's part of what we learn in kindergarten. But there's growing evidence that it's the most important lesson of all. Character education is an old ...
The RULER Approach mentioned in CT School Based Mental Health 2012 Annual Summit
February 3, 2012
Chris Brown, Coordinator of Special Education Support Services of Hamden Public Schools, describes the impact of The RULER Approach on the mental well being of students in the 2012 CT School Based ...
Key to School Improvement: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic ... and Character?
December 30, 2011
A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, as evaluated ...
“Measuring Your Mood, The RULER Approach”
December 27, 2011
Dr. Marc Brackett's visit to Cold Spring Harbor prompted the first, very favorable report of the RULER Approach in the Cold Spring Harbor/Lloyd Harbor Community newsletter.
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Dr. Marc Brackett Participates in Compassion Research Day at Facebook HQ
December 22, 2011
Dr. Marc Brackett presents the The RULER Approach's evidence-based social and emotional learning program at Facebook Headquarters.
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Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise of ‘Social Emotional Learning’
October 17, 2011
An article on Dr. Marc Brackett and the integration of the RULER Approach to Social and Emotional Learning
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Emotional Literacy in the Classroom
September 12, 2011
WTNH (CT, Channel 8) profiles the Hamden Public School's adoption of The RULER Approach to social and emotional learning.
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Dr. Marc Brackett’s TED talk delivered at TEDxGoldenGateEd conference held in San Francisco
July 21, 2011
Dr. Marc Brackett tells educators about the power of emotional literacy to change student performance at TEDxGoldenGateEd conference held in San Francisco.
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Local educators learn about bullies
July 8, 2011
Coverage of Dr. Marc Brackett keynote address at University of Rochester. Dr. Brackett opened the Summer Institute at University of Rochester with his keynote address "Bullying Prevention Versus ...
Local school works to improve “emotional intelligence”
February 16, 2011
WNYT NBC Albany, NY profiles Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls and their implementation of The RULER Approach. Students, teachers and parents agree that students have developed ...
Tackling depression, bullying with understanding
January 28, 2011
EQ is not just for kids! Emotional skills can and should be learned from an early age and developed "from womb to tomb" to meet differing challenges as people move through life.
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December 1, 2010
Parents Magazine, December 2010
Susan Rivers, Robin Stern, Marc Brackett and The RULER Approach are profiled in this article about raising a compassionate child.
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“Emotional Literacy” for kids key to better school results
November 1, 2010
The Australian Psychological Society. Overview of Marc Brackett's keynote address to the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Educational and Developmental ...
Creating Emotionally Literate Schools
May 1, 2010
NAEYC (The National Association for the Education of Young Children) and BAM Radio Network Broadcast
Radio show featuring Dr. Marc Brackett.
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April 10, 2010
American Psychologist Monitor
The RULER Approach is featured in an article as benefitting students in NYCs District 75.
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Social awareness + emotional skills = successful kids
April 1, 2010
American Psychologist Monitor
New funding and congressional support are poised to bring the best social and emotional learning research into more classrooms nationwide.
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Emotional Literacy - Public Talk
March 30, 2010
West Hartford, CT
News articles describing Dr. Brackett's presentation for educators and families.
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Celebration of Teaching And Learning Conference
March 5, 2010
New York, NY
TV interview featuring the Catholic Schools of Brooklyn and Queens with interviews of Michael Pizzingrillo, Associate Superintendent and Dr. Marc Brackett, among others ...
“Teaching social skills in the classroom”
April 10, 2009
Minnesota Public Radio Broadcast
Radio show featuring Dr. Marc Brackett and Dr. Mary Utne O'Brien.
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Where we Live: “Emotional Intelligence”
April 10, 2009
Minnesota Public Radio Broadcast
Radio show featuring Drs Susan Rivers, Ross Buck, Kevin Murphy, and Mary O'Brien
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“The Other Kind of Smart: Is it Time for Schools to Try to Boost Kids’ Emotional Intelligence?”
April 5, 2009
News article from The Boston Globe, featuring The RULER Approach to social and emotional learning.
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WNYT NBC Albany, NY profiles Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls and their implementation of The RULER Approach.
This clip from the popular PBS series, This Emotional Life, profiles Dr. Marc Brackett and The RULER Approach to social and emotional learning.