Issue #15 - Transforming Education Newsletter

Issue 15 of the Transforming Education Newsletter features an article by the President of the Global Citizenship Foundation, Aaryan Salman from the 2nd Edition of the .ed Magazine — a quarterly curated issue-based digital magazine for educators.

What do you get in this newsletter?

⛳️ Article of the week; ☘️ Three upcoming 🗓 global events ; 💫 Author spotlight, along with 🗞news and updates from the Global Citizenship Foundation. 

Do scroll towards the end of the newsletter to know how you can help me and my team :)

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🌟 Featured Article

Focus on Social and Emotional Learning as a Foundational Literacy To Ensure Whole-Child Development

I believe, the missing element of foundational literacies across educational systems — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — has been Social and Emotional Learning/Literacy.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a watershed moment for education and has held up a mirror to the cracks in our education system. This defining moment in history has coerced us into rethinking education and reimagining learning spaces — changing the means and ways of educating our children. This crisis has also brought to the forefront the pivotal role of educational leaders, educational institutions, and parents in enabling an environment to develop resilient and adaptive individuals who can thrive in a...[Read Full Story Here]

🎫 Upcoming Global Events

💡 Webinar: Building Better Blended Learning in K-12 Schools

📆 December 9, 2021

🏛 Hosted by Education Week

🎟 Ticket: Free Entry

✅ To know more, visit:

💡 Panel Discussion: Inclusive Learning Environment

📆 December 9, 2021

🏛 Hosted by UNESCO

🎟 Ticket: Free Entry

✅ To know more, visit:

💡 Virtual Session: Parallel Prototyping Experimentation

📆 December 10, 2021

🏛 Hosted by Stanford d.school Executive Education

🎟 Ticket: Free Entry

✅ To know more, visit:

💫 Author Spotlight

Dr. Norris Haynes

Norris M. Haynes, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Southern Connecticut State University where he founded and directed the Center for Community and School Action Research (CCSAR) and has served as Chairperson of the Counseling and School Psychology Department.

Know more about Norris M. Haynes here.

🤩 Global Citizenship Foundation Events and Updates

💫 Read the .ed Magazine Issue on 'Mainstreaming Social and Emotional Learning.'

The .ed Magazine is an issue-based quarterly digital publication that brings changemakers, policymakers, educators, and thought-leaders together to contribute to this initiative. This latest edition focuses on mainstreaming Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), including SEL strategies, challenges, approaches, models, and ideas for educators to deliver more impactful and effective SEL.

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Thank you for investing your time to read this newsletter. Here’s my question to you — What strategies and criteria can be used to access social and emotional learning in education? Share your thoughts with me on my Twitter/send me an email.

Once again, thank you for what you are doing to transform education for human flourishing! If you liked the newsletter, do forward it to your colleagues, and let them know they can subscribe here.

I am looking forward to you joining me in our next newsletter!

Please stay safe and do take care!

Invested in your success,

— Aaryan Salman

Editor, .ed Magazine

President, Global Citizenship Foundation

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

— Aristotle