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 ...

Social-emotional learning (SEL) in K-12 education faces growing political scrutiny in the US, prompting some districts to rebrand programs under alternative names like “life skills” or “character ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seventeen years ago, best-selling author Daniel Goleman and a group of education leaders and researchers tried to instigate a sea change in the American educational system by launching the ...

Social-emotional learning can help kids thrive, but programming may not be inclusive of students with disabilities. Credit: Inside Creative House / iStock / Getty Images Plus Erin Crosby doesn't ...