21st Century Skills

Access simple yet powerful personalized learning plans that any teacher—regardless of grade, existing curriculum, or student load—can adapt, scale, and sustain. Achieve deep learning with teaching strategies that foster students’ cognitive, digital, and social emotional learning (SEL) skills.

Use the academic tasks students already do for social-emotional learning. Integrate student values into academic instruction and make learning meaningful for students. This book will guide teachers in helping students connect their work to their values, empowering them to redefine success.

Discover practical social-emotional learning tools that empower students to bring their own values to their schoolwork and relationships.

Discover how to use research-based mindfulness practices to help improve your students’ social and emotional wellness as they learn and grow.

Michele Rivers Murphy, EdD, is a seasoned consultant, presenter, and educational leader for both regular and special education. A change agent for over two decades, she has helped transform some of the highest-needs districts.

Jonathan Weinstein is a clinical psychologist with the Veterans Administration. He serves as the suicide prevention coordinator at the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System and holds appointment as assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at New York Medical College.