MLS Presentations

Airriess, M., Johnson, C., McNamara, E., Soli, M., Weber, S. (2015, May). Preliminary Findings from the Saint Paul Child- Parent Center Expansion. Presentation conducted for Early Childhood Capstone at Humphrey School of Public Affairs , University of Minnesota. 

MLS Conferences

Reynolds, A., & Hayakawa, M. (2012, November). Expansion of the Child Parent Centers (PreK-3rd Grade Model): Opportunities to Promote Parent Engagement and Education. Paper Presentation at the Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Baltimore, Maryland. 

Peers and teachers as the best source of social support for school engagement for both advantaged and priority education area students

Delphine Martinot, Alyson Sicard, Birsen Gul, Sonya Yakimova, Anne Taillandier-Schmitt & Célia Maintenant

Our compelling research of the week explores links among students' main sources of social support and their influence on school engagement in adolescence. For both groups, peer support was the only source to have a significant and positive effect on social engagement. The study suggests the benefits of SEL programs that strengthen peer support and prosocial behavior.

Articles of Interest

Embodied and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in Early Childhood

Akiko Hayashi, Jeffrey Liew, Samantha Dyanne Aguilar, Juliet M. Nyanamba & Yingying Zhao

Our compelling research of the week explains how culturally-relevant and embodied learning can promote social emotional learning (SEL). SEL curriculum policies should situate SEL within students’ lived experiences, physical environments, and community contexts.