Holly Carter is the founder and executive director, and Zoë Barnstone-Clark is summer 2019 intern at BYkids. Documentary films created by kids have the power to facilitate discussions in classrooms, ...

Empathy is wired into our brains. We actually have cells in our brain called mirror neurons, which fire as if we are doing the same task as another person is doing, or feeling what they are feeling.

Empathetic teaching has always been important, but its importance in the online environment cannot be understated. The care and concern shown by instructors for their students does not go unnoticed.

When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a social and emotional curriculum. Feelings were something to work out on the playground, or after the last bell of the day rang. Today, my elementary-age ...

Extinction Rebellion activists at the Marine Rebellion march on 6th September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Ocean Rebellion, Sea Life Extinction, Animal Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion joined ...

In Michigan, an unusually hands-on training program helps some school bus drivers be more attuned to the struggles of students with physical or emotional challenges by trying to be in their shoes.

Editor’s note (6/11/19): The National Network of State Teachers of the Year, the organization whose members write for the Teacher-Leader Voices blog, has a financial relationship with Empatico that ...

Did you know that teaching children empathy skills early in life can increase their confidence and help them better handle stressful situations? Empathy is critical to success throughout life and is a ...

Can you learn empathy through interacting with a computer—even though, by definition, the skill requires understanding and sympathizing with real people? When Kathleen Marek first heard about virtual ...