Discover how Chicago Waldorf School integrates social and emotional learning (SEL) from preschool through high school through a nationally recognized PK–12 framework.

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, ...

Bad things happen to all of us. You open social media and learn that a good friend is moving out of town. Or you trip as you walk down a busy sidewalk. Or realize you included someone in a work email ...

Social-emotional learning has been swept up in bitter political fights over what should be taught in schools as some critics—including some high-profile conservative activist groups like Moms for ...

A groovy background with a lot of emotional faces with googly eyes. Source: Designed by Lyrica Fils-Aimé Administrators often require educators to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools, ...

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Principal Erika Pasieczny (center) instructs second-grade students at Ascher Silberstein Elementary School on how to pet Larry, a bearded dragon in the school’s animal-care critter room in Dallas on ...

A new large-scale analysis of existing research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning (SEL) programs ...

Most parents are concerned about how their children are doing in school. We want our kids to do their homework, go to class, study, and eventually establish some kind of career, whether it be through ...

At just 15 years old, Jason has insight now into how his mind works that most teenagers don’t. He can name how he’s feeling and knows what to do when his emotions get too big. It wasn’t always this ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify that SEL competencies are not incorporated into official state policy in every state. Some states have adopted SEL competencies as guidance or ...

While K-12 schools have been slow to adopt augmented and virtual reality tools at scale, some ed-tech researchers and experts believe such tools might still play a key role in supporting social and ...