The Compassionate Schools Project released a new video beautifully capturing the comprehensive curriculum being implemented in 50 Louisville Kentucky schools. “Just practicing moments of respectful attention has shown a positive effect that can be measured.”
(Improved Attendance, Improved Standardized Test Scores,
Improved Adult Outcomes).
The Compassionate Schools Project work in Charlottesville City Elementary Schools was recently featured in the inaugural issue of Amplify, a publication from UVA’s Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Read the article to learn how this collaborative project and research study among CSC, the School of Education and Human Development, and the Medical School is…
The Garrison Institute featured Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and his approach utilizing compassion to run a city with “social muscle”—and highlighted the ways in which the Compassionate Schools Project (CSP) is helping children reach their maximum potential. The institute commissioned Curry School of Education professor and CSP leader Tish Jennings to interview the mayor. The Garrison Institute‘s mission focuses on contemplative practices and building…
In her acceptance speech for a prestigious teaching award, Meghann Clem Mattingly said of the Compassionate Schools Project, “I believe this to be more than a project. I believe this to be a movement. And being a part of this movement has been the biggest honor of my career yet.” Mattingly, who teaches at Louisville’s Cane Run School, received the ExCEL…
CSP was invited to participate in the Love and Compassion Podcast with Gissele Taraba, to share the work CSP is doing in schools and to discuss how love and compassion can help students address their most difficult feelings. In this episode, JCPS teacher Kara Cosby shares her experience as a CSP Flourish teacher for the…
In her new book, “The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching”, Tish Jennings helps teachers manage challenging classroom behaviors. Jennings, a leader with the Compassionate Schools Project, helps teachers embrace a new mindset in order to help students who exhibit behaviors that may have proven adaptive in their lives but turn out to be…
Mindful Magazine highlighted leaders in the field of mindfulness research and named her one of the top 10 in the story, “Meditators Under the Microscope” From the article: Jennings is known for innovative research on mindfulness in education. She recently published a randomized controlled trial showing that a mindfulness-based professional development program for teachers, CARE for Teachers,…
