Making Classrooms Happy Places with Dana Ashley, the director of the UFT Positive Learning Collaborative (PLC), and Miranda Selbst, the PLC restorative practices coordinator and a former high school teacher. In this two-part series, Dana and Miranda discuss elements that can contribute to making a happy classroom, including rituals and best practices to create community in your classroom.

High school educators may bring their students to Future in Focus, an event to show public school students what unionized careers in New York City look like. In an open exhibition hall, students will move freely among tables and speak with union members representing public- and private-sector unions and building trades. You may register to bring your students to one of three one-hour sessions.

Making Classrooms Happy Places with Dana Ashley, the director of the UFT Positive Learning Collaborative (PLC), and Miranda Selbst, the PLC restorative practices coordinator and a former high school teacher. In this two-part series, Dana and Miranda discuss elements that can contribute to making a happy classroom, including rituals and best practices to create community in your classroom.

Substances promoted as beneficial to wellness may be anything but; online pharmacies sell tainted products that look like real pharmaceutical drugs; and friends vouch for products that may be unsafe. In this episode of the Brewing Wellness podcast, Jo Venturelli, a leader in addiction and behavioral health, shares insight into how the substance-use landscape has evolved and what that means for schools, families and workplaces. Learn about emerging drug trends, warning signs, pathways to recovery and ways educators and communities can strengthen prevention, safety and connection.