First it was Common Core. Then Critical Race Theory. Now, social and emotional learning. That’s the latest education jargon term to leave academic circles and fuel a culture-war controversy over ...

I used to be a bit cynical about social and emotional learning programs, or SEL as they are known in educational circles. My 9-year-old’s previous school tried to teach him skills such as self ...

Social-emotional learning, which was developed in the early 1990s and gained popularity as a response to school violence, is a broad range of practices that help students manage their emotions and ...

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an educational process that aims to help children develop social and emotional life skills. These include managing difficult emotions, dealing with stress ...

Other social and emotional learning practices have been used at the school for some time now. For example, the "Developmental Designs" approach addresses the academic and social needs of adolescents.

A few years ago, it seemed like social-emotional learning was rocketing into the mainstream.More people were talking about why it is important and how it can help kids develop. Many schools were ...

Last year, the middle school added a short period each day for students to engage in social and emotional learning activities. Since its start, students say these daily activities have evolved to ...

Social-emotional health is the ability to understand and manage one’s emotions, reactions and relationships, whereas social-emotional learning is the process of acquiring these skills and knowledge.

A social-emotional learning curriculum was already being used in Cedar Rapids elementary and middle schools. During that same school year, Mount Vernon educators began professional learning on how ...