A letter from PassageWorks Institute

PassageWorks Institute provides educators and school leaders a practical, relationship-centered approach to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools and districts.  For over two decades PassageWorks’ practices, principles, and tools have been used to foster student engagement, resilience, social and emotional intelligence and academic success.  By supporting the inner lives of teachers and students, the PassageWorks model integrates cognitive and human development to create meaningful and effective classrooms. PassageWorks Institute offers courses, on-site professional development, curriculum and consulting and authors a variety of publications.

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"Students who feel connected don’t need danger to feel fully alive. They don’t need guns to feel powerful. They don’t want to hurt others or themselves. Out of connection grow both compassion and passion—for people, for students’ goals and dreams, for life itself." – Rachael Kessler