Contra the education establishment, to ask such questions is not to “politicize” SEL. SEL had already been politicized by an education establishment that, most charitably, was not and still is not ...

Explicit teaching of social-emotional skills has become more prevalent in recent years. But just because schools are investing heavily in SEL, doesn’t mean that all parents are on board with it. This ...

Everyone is familiar with the tip-toe bedtime routine that often portrays parents as Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, exhausting every angle to avoid detection of the supposed sleeping baby. A ...

STORM LAKE — Surrounded by 13 wriggling classmates sitting on a colorful mat, kindergartner Dara Peralta-Ponce thought briefly as her teacher asked her what made her unique. In a quiet voice, Dara ...

Last month, 20 major education organizations formed a coalition “aimed at squelching misinformation” about social-emotional learning. A few weeks later, NPR ran a ...

New research from ACT and the American School Counselors Association shows the significant disconnect between school counselors’ desire to support students’ social-emotional development and the tools ...