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Ideas for happier, kinder schools where everyone belongs. Posting from the education team on UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. #EduSky
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Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This months, find daily tips help you connect to your sense of purpose in work and life.

Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
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Happiness Calendar for Educators for 2025, an image of calendar with daily tips and links, designed for educators to use themselves and with their learning communities
August 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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How do truth and honesty feel in the body? Here's a new practice to try with students: ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/tun... #EduSky #AcademicSky
Research has shown that tuning in with how our emotions feel in our bodies, or interoceptive awareness, contributes to better emotion regulation and self-control. In turn, this can increase resistance to temptation and reduce tendencies towards dishonesty.
July 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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How do we foster honesty, integrity, & moral courage in our schools? Join us in an inspiring conversation with Arthur Schwartz of Character.org & Margaret Golden of @greatergoodmag.bsky.social. Free! Made for educators, open to all. Register here: bit.ly/integrityinedu
Graphic that reads Fostering Honesty and Integrity in Schools with information about online event and logo for Greater Good Science Center with circular photograph of smiling man (Arthur Schwartz) from Character.org
July 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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"Equality is giving everyone a shoe. Equity is giving everyone a shoe that fits." Sharing a new practice up on Greater Good in Education that may help in exploring the complexity of fairness with pre-K and elementary students: ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/is-... #EduSky
"Equality is giving everyone a shoe. Equity is giving everyone a shoe that fits."
June 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Explore love as a lens for understanding the good, messy, and deeply human parts of ourselves. Join our June community meeting with Dr. Shamari Reid. Free! Register on Zoom: bit.ly/humanswhoteach Made for educators, open to all. #EduSky #AcademicSky #booksky
Portrait of smiling man looking at camera on a flyer with background of colorful playground ground and the words "humans who teach: how to love ourselves and others" and flyer
June 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Let’s build kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs! Be inspired and supported during a new, year-long virtual community of practice program with educators around the world! 🌍 Here are three themes we will be exploring. Thanks to @grantdraws.bsky.social for the amazing illustrations! #EduSky
Illustration of a smiling stick figure planting a tree with the word PURPOSE Illustration of a stick figure adult comforting a stick figure with a broken leg while sitting together on a bench and the word EMPATHY Illustration of someone looking up in wonder at beautiful colorful fall leaves with the word AWE
June 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Some studies show that only teaching about the negative consequences of lying may not be as effective as also teaching about the positive consequences of honesty. Here's a new, free practice on GGIE that focuses on a holistic view of honesty and lying: ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/tru... #edusky
Elementary students sitting around table in the classroom at school, smiling and looking at the camera
May 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you reconnect with the natural world and inspire wonder in your school community. 🌿

Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗
Calendar for the month of May with daily tips for well-being, designed for educators
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Happening now! Join our monthly community meeting on Zoom. We're exploring ‘ways of being’ that help us navigate conflict and change in our schools and classrooms with these three amazing guests from The Being Institute. Free! Made for educators, open to all: bit.ly/fromchalleng... #EduSky
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March 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Be part of a community of educators committed to making a difference during challenging times! Join us in an inspiring conversation about teaching in today’s complex, divided world with the legendary Parker J. Palmer. Free! Space limited. #EduSky #booksky

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An image of smiling man wearing a baseball cap with an invitation to join a free community meeting on zoom titled Teaching in Troubling Times: A Conversation with Parker J. Palmer and Greater Good Science Center
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Greater Good Science Center is now accepting proposals from journalists and nonfiction media producers for grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to report and produce stories on love. ❤️

To apply for funding, applicants must submit their proposal by March 24, 2025. tinyurl.com/ggsclove%E2%...
GGSC's Love Grants! Accepting applications for grants of $5000-$50,000 to support storytelling project exploring love's power to connect, heal, and promote well-being.
January 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to building kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs. This month, foster empathy and fresh perspectives in your school or classroom with each day in September.
bit.ly/HappyEduSept2024 #edusky 🤗
September Happiness Calendar for Educators
September 9, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Sharing a new practice up on Greater Good in Education. Cultivate joy, optimism, and hope through student-written affirmations. Contributed by Sandra M. Turner, a National Geographic certified educator and explorer. #edusky ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/awe...
Photograph of someone writing on paper and copy: affirmations are written or spoken positive phrades that help to affirm our self-worth. when we frequently engage in this form of positive self-talk, we open up a new way of believing in ourselves and what we're able to accomplish. picture of post-it note with copy: every day is a fresh start. more descriptive copy that reads: awe-inspiring affirmations, students watch an awe-inspiring video, then build on the positive emotions they experience by writing a personal affirmation. find directions, sample slides, and sample affirmations at bit.ly/affirmationpractice
April 30, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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A two-year study suggests practicing patience may be critical to finding and pursuing purpose: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #edusky #academicsky
April 17, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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The course also shares some recommended practices for every SEL competency level. Here they are! If you'd like to download this in pdf form with QR codes, find it here: mailchi.mp/berkeley/soc... #edusky
A description of three self-awareness practices for students across grade levels with images of happy thoughtful kids A description of three self-management practices for students across grade levels with images of happy thoughtful kids A description of three social awareness practices for students across grade levels with images of happy thoughtful kids A description of three relationship skills practices for students across grade levels with images of happy thoughtful kids
March 8, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Explore the science of awe! Learn from educators and students about how we can create more inspiring, awe-filled learning environments in our next community meeting. Free! Made for educators, open to all. bit.ly/learnaboutawe #edusky #sschat #academicsky
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March 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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How do we plant the seeds of self-compassion in young people? Here's a practice that may help little people explore what it means to be kind to ourselves and build kindness vocabulary. ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/see... #edusky #kindness
February 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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People who practice loving-kindness for just a few weeks can experience an increase in self-compassion and positive emotions, and relief from depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Here are three loving-kindness practices for you to try yourself, with students or colleagues. ➡️ #edusky
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Quote from Dalai Lama with graphic of hearts.
February 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Join us in Berkeley this summer! Learn, connect, and workshop with educators and experts on how to bring more kindness and compassion into schools. Scholarships available. Apply by Feb 29. Please pass along to anyone interested in joining us in this work! bit.ly/kindnessinsc... #edusky
February 9, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day, clickable guide to building kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs. This month, find ideas on how to bridge differences and feel a sense of common humanity each day in February:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #edusky
Image of a February 2024 calendar with daily tips for educators from Greater Good Science Center and copy that reads, "this month, learn to bridge differences and build a sense of common humanity in schools and classrooms."
January 31, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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Boys and young men often feel immense pressure to appear emotionally stoic, autonomous, and tough. Research reveals that boys want and need to have intimacy, as much as girls do, but begin to feel pressured to withhold vulnerability and affection with close friends as they age. #edusky
Illustration of a sensitive and brave boy with quotes around him saying, "You can cry if you need to," "You are more than enough," and "Showing emotions is not a sign of weakness."
January 25, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Launching this week! Join UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center to learn about the science of courage, watch and listen to educators' courage stories, try new practices, and join the discussion board. Courage is easier in community. bit.ly/CourageinEd #edusky #academicsky #sschat
Courage in Education: Facing Challenges with Strength, Determination, and Hope. New course from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center.
January 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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Very excited about this! Join us in a discussion with Ashanti Branch, M.Ed., to learn about the power of creating brave and emotionally vulnerable spaces for men and boys to foster courage and build character. 🏫🧡 Free! Space may be limited. Register:
bit.ly/couragewithashanti #Edusky
Announcement for a free community meeting for educators called Building Courage and Vulnerability in Men and Boys with Ashanti Branch, M.Ed. Join Greater Good Science Center's education team in a discussion with Ashanti to learn about the power of creating brave and emotionally vulnerable spaces for men and boys to foster courage, build character, and transform lives.
January 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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🔴 Happening now: The Science of Courage Community Meeting for Educators! Pop in if you happen to see this in the next hour so. :-) Here's the zoom: berkeley.zoom.us/j/92635411447 #edusky #academicsky
January 9, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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Here's a new practice that seems fun to try with kids. Help them reflect on a time they argued with someone and then worked it out. Invite them to explore the other person’s perspective through drawing the scene through different perspectives. #edusky ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/usi...
January 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM