Teachers have always taught everyday life or social-emotional skills, like getting along or being persistent—something most families’ and communities’ support. Certainly not a new idea, but more ...

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, ...

Now, social and emotional learning. That’s the latest education jargon term to leave academic circles and fuel a culture-war controversy over what students are taught in class. Such debate has stalled ...

The crucial role of social emotions in our lives and in society cannot be overstated. Empathy, guilt, embarrassment, pride and other feelings we experience in the context of other people govern and ...

A lot of lessons, strategies, and activities are done in the name of social-emotional learning. Which ones, though, are the most effective? Educators will share their opinions in this series. In ...

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, ...

As kindergarten teachers Sara Baldinucci, Emily Gray and Jill Glenn prepare to welcome students to their classrooms at Old Forge Elementary School this week, they are getting ready to teach them more ...

Social media, generative artificial intelligence, and other advances in digital technology are already dramatically influencing how kids develop social-emotional skills. A majority of educators ...

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Many parents worry that arguments in front of their children might cause lasting harm. Research shows that it is not the existence of conflict, but the way disagreements unfold that shapes a child’s ...