Teachers, parents, and students will tell you: Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs make a difference. SEL programs are taught in some schools to help students acquire and apply the knowledge, ...

Districts and schools all over the country are working hard to make social-emotional learning (SEL) a part of the “DNA” of the educational process, meaning they’re going beyond just the adoption of an ...

Immerse yourself in the world of social-emotional learning, and one thing quickly becomes clear: What, exactly, social-emotional learning is can be hard to pin down, and people often resort to ...

Historically, students have been evaluated primarily on the basis of test scores and subject matter mastery. These factors remain relevant, of course. But now that we can better measure facets of SEL, ...

Wendy Turner sees social and emotional learning as central to everything she does in her classroom, from how she welcomes her second-graders each morning to how she guides them through math activities ...

This article is part of the collection: Social-Emotional Learning: Why It Matters and How to Foster It. In their separate domains, educators and parents both understand the importance of ...

Social-emotional skills provide adolescents with valuable tools to navigate the tricky world of tweens and teens. But schools tend to focus much more on social-emotional learning in the preschool and ...

Social-emotional learning (SEL) programs in schools have skyrocketed in the past few years, with spending exceeding $1.7 billion in the 2021-2022 school year alone. Experts anticipate this to grow by ...

SEL curriculum in the classroom has become a political issue for conservative parents and activists. Credit: Lise Gagne / Getty Images Not too long ago, social-emotional learning (SEL) brought people ...

The demands of modern education often leave teachers and students feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. From juggling multiple responsibilities to meeting high expectations, burnout has become a ...

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