Making Caring Common at HGSE

Did you miss last week's EdNow event featuring Milena Batanova, Director of Research & Evaluation for Making Caring Common? Milena joined host Josephine M. Kim and fellow guests Allison Gilbert and Eric Wood to explore recent research about the causes of loneliness, including the link between loneliness and mental health challenges. Watch now → https://buff.ly/u7MoF16 Harvard Graduate School of Education #MentalHealth #loneliness #education

As we come to the end of Black History Month, please consider how, as an educator, parent, or caregiver, you can continue to incorporate teaching Black history to young people. A great place to start: Facing History & Ourselves and their resource, "Reflecting on Amanda Gorman's 'The Hill We Climb.'" → https://buff.ly/3XptyKZ #BlackHistoryMonth #education #parenting

College admission officers want to use character review in their admission process. Many don't know where to start. Admission offices often want to build a stronger student body and healthier community using character review in admission. But they typically have very few research-based tools for evaluating character validly and for picking up the many character strengths of students from various backgrounds. We want to help. Making Caring Common’s Character Review in Admission workshop series helps college admission leaders develop and implement a customized action plan for incorporating character review into their institution’s holistic review process. This cohort is limited to only 20 leaders and spots will fill up quickly. Please learn more and sign up today! → https://buff.ly/3XkphIV #CollegeAdmissions #HigherEducation #HigherEd #CharacterReview

How can educators confront the U.S. epidemic of loneliness and mitigate its risks for individuals and society? This Thursday, join MCC’s Milena Batanova as she participates in an incredible panel at Harvard Graduate School of Education's latest Education Now virtual event, “Confronting Our Epidemic of Loneliness.” The panelists will dig into new research investigating underlying causes, including the relationship between mental health challenges and loneliness, as well as share ideas for addressing loneliness on college campuses and in other communities. Register today: https://bit.ly/3Wtz0fs #loneliness #education #HigherEd #MentalHealth

Are digital devices helping children combat loneliness? Or are they contributing to it? Milena Batanova, Making Caring Common's Director of Research & Evaluation, will join other researchers and child psychologists next week in a free Zoom webinar to discuss how the experience of loneliness has evolved for children and adolescents in the world of digital platforms and mobile devices. Reserve your spot today for the #AskTheExperts webinar “Growing Up Lonely? Child Connection and Isolation in the Digital Age” on Wednesday, February 26 at 12 PM ET, hosted by Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development. https://lnkd.in/gdQQCJyK #loneliness #technology

College admissions officers care about more than just grades and test scores. In fact, a recent Forbes article listed a "focus on holistic admissions" as one of the "4 Trends Shaping The College Admissions Process For 2025." The article includes a link to Making Caring Common's research showing the increased role that a student's character and caring for others play in the college admissions process. https://buff.ly/3PMsQmL

"I've done focus groups with teens and they tell me that they truly feel like since the pandemic, they are simply not the same.” Milena Batanova, Making Caring Common's Director of Research & Evaluation, recently joined host Lianne Castelino on the Where Parents Talk.com podcast. Milena shares what MCC's research reveals about loneliness and its impact on young people's mental health and overall wellbeing. https://buff.ly/3EdYYx8 #loneliness #MentalHealth #wellbeing

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What happens when parents’ and schools’ day-to-day messaging stresses children’s achievement and happiness over caring? This hyperfocus can not only make children less likely to think of others and the collective; it can also compromise both their achievement and happiness. In a recent presentation for Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Making Caring Common’s Faculty Director, Richard Weissbourd, shared how parents and educators can prioritize caring and better help young people find purpose and meaning in their lives. https://lnkd.in/gfWXm-Pc #Education #Parenting #Meaning #Caring

Is true change possible? And how can change in our lives lead to either disillusionment or flourishing? Making Caring Common Director Richard Weissbourd recently discussed this topic on the Harvard Thinking podcast, hosted by Samantha Laine Perfas, along with additional guests Robert Waldinger, author, speaker, and Director of the Harvard Study on Adult Development, and psychologist and author Mahzarin Banaji, who is the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University. https://lnkd.in/gYZe47sr #NewYear #change #happiness #wellbeing