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Rick Weissbourd hosts a weekly 30-minute webinar to offer valuable ideas to help educators navigate today's complex landscape. In the first episode — "Socially distant — and more connected than ever" — Weissbourd led a conversation with Senior Lecturer Junlei Li and Dana Winters that drew a virtual audience of about 3,400 people from around the world.
Read MoreRick Weissbourd advises parents reward uncommon acts of kindness in Jacoba Urist’s article for Today.
Read More“Remember that people express stress in very different ways, and don’t be negative about ways of expressing stress unless they’re harmful to others, ” says Richard Weissbourd in HuffPost. Kate Auletta compiled seven tips from Rick and other experts for life in the time of coronavirus.
Read MoreI hope this message finds you safe and well. Amid the major upheavals to lives and livelihoods in the past few weeks, I have been so heartened by the many ways people are taking care of one another.
Workers across industries are putting themselves at risk every day to provide healthcare, food, mail, and sanitation services. Volunteers are creating personal protective equipment for hospitals. Teenagers are dropping off groceries for their neighbors. With great energy, creativity, and wisdom, already stretched teachers are stretching themselves even further…
Read MoreHow do you teach empathy? Watch this video with Rick Weissbourd in Time to learn more.
Read More“As more and more college campuses close and learning goes online, it raises significant concerns about students who depend on college housing, meal plans, jobs, and other support to stay safe and secure,” writes Brennan Barnard in Forbes. In this article, he analyzes what COVID-19 teaches us about access to college.
Read MoreWhile adults can read and understand the terrifying news, many younger children may struggle to grasp what’s going on. Anna North spoke with Rick Weissbourd for her piece on parenting and coronavirus for Vox.
Read MoreIn a crisis, networks of support are vital for children and adults.
Communities of caregivers and school professionals not only provide one another with information and insight but can also help prevent feelings of isolation and anxiety for both children and adults.
HGSE asked Making Caring Common's Richard Weissbourd to share his thoughts about how schools and caregivers can come together to support children and each other.
Watch the video now.
“Campus closures at colleges and universities across the country are spreading as fast as the novel coronavirus itself,” writes Brennan Barnard in Forbes. Brennan provides helpful guidance to students that are in the college selection process during this global pandemic.
Read MoreRead the March 2020 update from Making Caring Common.
Read MoreRick Weissbourd reflects on how caregivers and school professionals can create a safe environment for children during times of stress and disruption.
Read MoreHarvard Graduate School of Education shared a video of our Rick Weissbourd discussing coping with coronavirus. He provides recommendations on how caregivers can answer children’s questions while fostering a sense of safety.
Read More“Change will have to come not only from schools, but also from parents,” says Rick Weissbourd, Making Caring Common’s Faculty Director.
Read Katie Reilly’s piece in Time about the college admissions scandal, which includes a mention of our timely report on ethical engagement and college admissions.
Read MoreJustin-Siena High School has joined the Caring Schools Network (CSN), Lorna Sheridan writes in The Sonoma Index Tribune. In collaboration with Making Caring Common, the school will collect anonymous survey data to better understand how students, staff and parents experience the school community.
Read MoreIn this piece for GQ, Eliza Brooke highlights educators who are taking a more holistic approach sex and relationship education and talks to MCC’s Rick Weissbourd about love.
Read MoreA preoccupation with a child’s moment-to-moment happiness and removing every possible obstacle to their happiness isn’t doing them any favors, writes Cynthia Levy writes in Baby Gaga. (She also gives MCC’s research a shout-out!)
Read MoreEric Torres, co-author of our new report on school integration, speaks with journalist Morgan Springer of WNPR about parent attitudes and misconceptions regarding segregation in U.S public schools.
Read MoreRick Weissbourd and Alison Cashin write in Boston Globe Magazine about parents’ obsession with raising happy kids — ironically at the expense of their own kids’ happiness.
Read MoreRichard Weissbourd and Eric Torres, co-authors of our new report on school integration, spoke with WUWM's Lake Effect about school choice in Wisconsin. Even though parents say they want diverse schools, they often don’t make it a priority.
Read MoreBNN’s Chris Lovett interviewed MCC’s Richard Weissbourd about our new report on school integration that shows significant support among parents for racially integrated schools. Watch the full segment on YouTube.
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