Amendment would honor Sandy Hook victim

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s U.S. Senators and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty said they will seek to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so that existing professional development funding can be used to train teachers about social and emotional learning.

The amendment will be named after Jesse Lewis, one of the 20 children who was killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Following his death, Jesse’s mother, Scarlett Lewis, started a foundation dedicated to improving the social and emotional health of children.

Lewis said that days before Jesse died he wrote three words — nurturing, healing, and love — on the kitchen chalkboard. Those are three components of social and emotional learning.

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