5/14/13 -- Open Circle's 25th Anniversary Celebration and announcing winners of Open Circle's Creative Works Contest at WCW's Cheever House

4/13/13 -- Peg Sawyer presents Literature Connections to SEL at Boston Public School's Parent University Spring Session

4/8/13 -- Jen Dirga, Open Circle Lead Trainer and Coach, presents at MASCA: "The Importance of Social and Emotional Learning in Responding to Traumatic Events"

4/4/13 -- Nancy MacKay, Open Circle Co-Director, presents at WCW Lunchtime Seminar with Pamela Seigle and Michelle Porche on Teaching Presence: Bringing Mindfulness and Reflective Practices into K-5 Classrooms

View the PowerPoint presentation (coming soon)
Listen to the audio

3/21/13 -- Open Circle on TV: Channel 5 at 7:30 pm! Liz Walker featured Open Circle at the Hennigan Elementary School in Boston

Watch the video segment: Better Living with Liz Walker (copyright THE WALKER GROUP LLC)

3/21/13: Open Circle's Co-Director, Nova Biro, participates in the SNAP $4 per day Food Challenge with her family: lead story on Yahoo!

3/19/13: Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director's submits guest blog poston Wheelock College's Aspire Wire

1/15/13 -- Nancy MacKay, Open Circle's Co-Director, in Start Empathy interview

1/13 -- Open Circle shares its Top 25 children's books that connect to SEL

12/17/12 -- Open Circle in the New York Times: a quote from Jason Gallagher, principal at the Harvard/Kent Elementary School

12/4/12 -- Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director, testifies at Boston City Council's Committee on Education hearing

11/30/12 -- Mayor Thomas Menino announces that 23 Boston public schools will implement Open Circle, thanks to $1 million in funding from Partners HealthCare

Boston Herald article: Partners commits $1M to school violence prevention effort

Video: Curriculum Puts New Focus on Student Behavior

11/17/12 -- Open Circle's Peg Sawyer and Jen Dirga present at Boston Public School's Parent University Winter Session

11/15/12: Open Circle holds it's first webinar, in partnership with the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute: Children Can't Learn with Their Hands on a Hot Stove!

10/3/12 -- Open Circle announces it's 25th Anniversary Creative Works Contest

9/20/12 -- CASEL features Open Circle as a SELect program in the 2013 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs – Preschool and Elementary School Edition

8/1/12 -- Massachusetts' Department of Education approves Open Circle as Partner for Title I Support and Intervention supporting Condition for School Effectiveness IX: Students' Social, Emotional and Health Needs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

7/1/12 -- The Wellesley Centers for Women welcomes a new Executive Director -- scholar-activist Layli Maparyan

2/17/12 -- The importance of teaching SEL skills in school 

9/20/11 -- Does SEL Make the Grade?

8/26/10 -- Getting real about social, emotional learning 

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Guidelines on the Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Curricula K-12 (Word)

12/08 -- CASEL's Meta-Analysis

The Positive Impact of SEL for K-8th Grade Students: Findings from three scientific reviews (PDF)

12/1/08 -- Elementary School Intervention Increases Mental, Sexual Health, Economic Status