INDIANAPOLIS — Even before the pandemic, kids were breaking down in American schools. In 2019, almost a third of Hoosier students in grades six through 12 reported feeling sad or hopeless for two or ...

Immerse yourself in the world of social-emotional learning, and one thing quickly becomes clear: What, exactly, social-emotional learning is can be hard to pin down, and people often resort to ...

SEL curriculum in the classroom has become a political issue for conservative parents and activists. Credit: Lise Gagne / Getty Images Not too long ago, social-emotional learning (SEL) brought people ...

In 2021 DeSantis banned the teaching of critical race theory. On March 25 of this year, he approved bill HB1467, requiring transparency from school districts in the selection of instructional ...

I will be the first person to tell you that investing in explicit social and emotional instruction is critical to student success. My own research rigorously documents this evidence base. But what’s ...

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, ...

On a recent morning at School 30 in Yonkers, Afsaneh Parandian held a Clifford the Big Red Dog puppet up to her class of pre-K students and posed a question: “What sort of feelings are there?” Her ...

Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a series looking at ways we can help our children restore, with patience and love, some of what the pandemic has taken away. I used to be a bit cynical about ...

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has become a new flashpoint in our educational culture wars. The Washington Post has proclaimed it the “new target” of critical-race-theory attacks, while Salon ...

According to a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) study, the number of children aged 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety increased by 29 percent between 2016 and 2020, while those ...

In the classic children’s book, “Henny Penny,” the title character, Henny, a chicken, fears that the sky is falling when an acorn drops on her head. She quickly creates mass hysteria among her animal ...

Charleston County School District (CCSD) has been a leader in the state’s implementation of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), with 80 percent of elementary schools and 100 percent of middle schools ...