A new large-scale analysis of existing research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning (SEL) programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional ...

At Valor Collegiate Academy in Nashville, helping students thrive personally and academically through a weekly social-emotional learning practice called Circle is central to their values. The school ...

Artificial intelligence is poised to dramatically influence how kids develop their sense of self and interact with one another, their teachers, their families, and the broader world. And this means ...

Social-emotional learning programs have now been in schools for several years, and in many cases, even longer. They aim to teach kids how to regulate their emotions, empathize with peers, make ...

Despite political backlash, students who received soft skill instruction made gains in reading and math scores.

When challenging student behavior arises, the instinct in many schools is to turn to discipline: assigning detention, suspension, or removal from class. But John Gasko, chief well-being officer at ...

Social and emotional learning is a vital part of growing up. It’s a part of that “building a civilization kit” that is what, well, it’s what builds society. If we don’t learn how to interact with our ...

Washington has unveiled a draft of social-emotional health standards that city leaders said will help students express and manage emotions and resolve conflicts. The Office of the State Superintendent ...

Of all the fixations of the parental rights’ movement, the one I struggle hardest to understand is the vilification of social and emotional learning (SEL). SEL incorporates within a school curriculum ...

In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of California through the expansion of transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds by the ...