About Second Step® Middle School
Second Step® Middle School (Grade 6–8) is a transformative social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum that is designed by Committee for Childrenopens in a new window.
The curriculum is web-based and responsive to the needs of today’s students and educators. It’s underpinned by the latest research in adolescent development and social psychology. The result is a program that doesn’t just help kids do better in school—it helps them do better in life.
Second Step® Middle School helps students learn the skills they need to handle strong emotions, better understand and connect with their peers, and avoid and resolve conflicts. In addition, the program supports social connectedness and promotes a growth mindset (the belief that intelligence can be developed).
Learn more about the research behind Second Step® Middle Schoolopens in a new window
About the Project and Partnership
This project is funded through a highly competitive grantopens in a new window from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. This grant covers the cost of:
- 3 years of access to the Second Step® Middle School web-based curriculum, lessons, and student materials for participating schools;
- training for teachers and administrators in participating schools; and
- funding for data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of results.
