Modeling Inclusivity and Emotional Awareness Across Highline

In the fall of 2016, Highline Public Schools began a partnership with Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence and the center’s director, Marc Brackett. The collaboration led to the implementation of the RULER approach in six of our elementary schools.

Brackett is the lead developer of RULER, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning. The acronym refers to the five key skills of recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing and regulating emotions.

Today, all 18 elementary schools in the Highline district, along with many of our middle and high schools, are implementing the RULER approach.