Beyond the Battlefield: Reconstruction's Legacy and Your Online Identity
The Civil War may be over, but its legacy of racial injustice continues. Learn how online courses can help us develop social-emotional skills to confront these challenges.
A Spacewalk Adventure: How Leonov's Journey Shows the Power of Social-Emotional Learning
Think a spacewalk is just about technology? Think again! Learn how Leonov's experience highlights the importance of social-emotional skills in online learning.
From Controversy to Icon: How the Eiffel Tower Revolutionised Education
The Eiffel Tower's innovative design sparked a revolution in education, but not how you might think. Discover its surprising connection to social-emotional learning.
From Horse-Drawn Carriages to Subways: How Streetcars Revolutionised Cities
Horse-drawn streetcars & online learning? It might surprise you, but this blog post explores a fascinating connection.
Founding Father, Modern Need: How James Madison Foreshadowed Social-Emotional Learning
James Madison believed in an informed citizenry. Can SEL programs be the key to informed digital citizens?
From Exclusion to Icon: How Rebecca Lee Crumpler Paved the Way for Diversity in Medicine
Can one doctor's story inspire a more diverse medical field? Discover how Dr. Crumpler's journey connects to social-emotional learning (SEL).
"Identity, Expression and Desire": How Online Learning Gets Personal
Radio lectures started online education, but can it foster connection? Learn how SEL builds community in online programs.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Championing Education and Identity in a Digital Age
W.E.B. Du Bois championed education for Black empowerment. But in today's online world, social-emotional learning is crucial too.
Supreme Court Victory: How Women Lawyers Cracked the Code
Before 1879, women couldn't argue before the Supreme Court. Discover how this changed legal education for women forever.
Beyond the Textbook: The Social Impact of Ohio University
Ohio University opened doors to education. Can its story inspire online learning with social-emotional learning (SEL)?
Greensboro Sit-Ins: A Spark That Ignited Change
Four students, a lunch counter, and a movement that transformed education
Diamonds and Self-Discovery: What Can a Gem Teach Us About Online Learning?
The story of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the pioneer of heart transplantation, provides compelling evidence for the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in online programs. Let's delve into how Barnard's groundbreaking work aligns with SEL principles and explore the profound impact SEL can have on online learners.
From Disaster to Discovery: How Self-Exploration Benefits from Social-Emotional Learning
The story of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the pioneer of heart transplantation, provides compelling evidence for the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in online programs. Let's delve into how Barnard's groundbreaking work aligns with SEL principles and explore the profound impact SEL can have on online learners.
From Heart Transplant to Heartful Learning: How Dr. Barnard's Story Inspires SEL
The story of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the pioneer of heart transplantation, provides compelling evidence for the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in online programs. Let's delve into how Barnard's groundbreaking work aligns with SEL principles and explore the profound impact SEL can have on online learners.
A List of Affordable Learning Resources for Students in Middle School and High School.
Recently, we published an article that touched on the current plight of the public and nonpublic school system in the United States. Unending as the list of plight-related woes may seem, our ultimate goal is to highlight the very practical courses of action available to parents, community leaders and local school authorities to help remedy the adverse situations we are facing when it comes to educating our children.
As promised, here is a shortlist of viable options for improving the education of the next generation of world leaders. This list includes resources to fill in the gap of Social Emotional Learning experienced by most students, as well as core learning subjects such as English, History, Mathematics and Science.
Our Children Deserve Better Education. Parents Can and Must Act Now.
This issue of insufficiency, inaccuracy and possible lack of fundamental teaching in nonpublic and religious schooling is nothing new. For years, parents, local school authorities and departments of education have been in constant exchange on the matter of regulating the instructional materials of nonpublic schooling for children.
As upsetting as the news surrounding public and nonpublic education in The United States may be, instead of simply viewing it as a call to worry or a call to complain, Self Exploration Academy sees this as an opportunity and a call to take action and create real change. Now more than ever, parents need to know that there are opportunities to ensure their children have access to the education they need in order to be successful and productive citizens in their communities.
Karen Bass Sworn in as the First Woman Mayor of Los Angeles
At 69 years old, Karen Bass started a new chapter in her life, and the life of the city of Los Angeles, as she assumes the role of the city’s 43rd chief executive. Not only has she made history as the first woman to become mayor in Los Angeles, she is also the second Black person to have ever been elected to this office. In our review of this remarkable feat, we took some time to reflect on a few universal core competencies that Mayor Bass has displayed throughout her career, and that are of high visibility and significance today.
December Week Two Scholarship Updates
Every week, we are adding schools to our list for scholarship eligibility. For Wednesday December 07, 2022, here are the schools we’ve added to our list.
Who is Going to Save Humanities?
One might suggest that it is merely optics, or poor marketing that is to be held accountable for the way the study of the liberal arts and humanities is viewed today. For some reason, fewer people seem eager to perceive the value of these fields than ever before, or at least since in the last 20 years or so. Then again, the world has changed a lot in the last 20 years.
Emmanuel Tarpin: Parisian High Jeweller and Environmentalist
Emmanuel Tarpin, a Paris-based jeweller who launched his eponymous jewellery brand in 2017 at the age of 25, has been a major player in the world of high jewellery from very early into his career. Inspired by nature, he is known for his “exquisite bijoux that break free from convention with bold silhouettes, layered textures, and unexpected stone compositions.” (Galerie Magazine, 2019)
More recently, he has been in the news for his inspiring acts of goodwill—using his work to support the coral reef organisation in French Polynesia.