Wayfinder Blog

The Impact of Chronic Absenteeism on Student Success

Chronic absenteeism is a significant issue affecting K-12 schools across the United States. Defined as missing 10% or more of school days in a year,...

Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis in K-12

A Response to Harvard’s Report 'On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges' Mental health challenges among young...

3 Quick SEL Openers for Staff Meetings

We hear words like burnout, stress, and overwhelm repeatedly used to describe the current feelings of many educators. According to a survey of...

Wayfinder Impact at Neighborhood House Charter School

At Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS), community comes first. This guiding principle permeates every aspect of their approach to education,...

How Aurora Science + Tech Nurtures Future Leaders with Wayfinder

Education has shifted. Worldwide, schools are looking beyond rote memorization and standardized testing to hone in on what they can do to truly set...

What Research Says About Wayfinder’s 6 Core Skills and Employability

Aligned with the five CASEL competencies and Common Core State Standards, all Wayfinder social emotional learning curriculum is structured around our...

Wayfinder Supports Student Mental Health + Social Emotional Learning

Since its founding at the Stanford d.school, Wayfinder has been committed to helping schools become sites of meaningful learning and development. We...

State Standards Add SEL to Boost Student Engagement + Motivation

Although SEL is sometimes met with skepticism or wariness by parents and guardians, it’s clear that the skills it teaches students are valued by...

Wayfinder's SEL + 21st Century Skills Curriculum Boosts Student Purpose 75%

In spring of 2022, leading educational researcher and author of Teaching for Purpose, Dr. Heather Malin, published a program evaluation of...