New America

Social Emotional and Cognitive Learning: Debunking Either/Or False Choices about Pre-K Curricula

A high-quality preschool curriculum gives children opportunities to build both social-emotional and cognitive skills as they ...
Education Week

AI Is Poised to Reshape Social-Emotional Learning. But for Better or Worse?

At the same time, AI chatbots can potentially provide young people with an opportunity to practice and build social-emotional skills in a low-stakes environment. For example, students can rehearse ...
Edutopia

Using Picture Books to Develop Students’ Emotional Vocabulary in Pre-K

Revisiting a book repeatedly helps children develop a sophisticated understanding of what emotions look and feel like.
Forbes

What Exactly Is Social And Emotional Learning And What Does It Look Like In K-12 Schools?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Cassada shares and makes sense of K-12 education practices. Apr 19, 2024, 04:20pm EDT Apr 20, 2024, 12:58pm EDT In 2020, the ...
WGBH

‘Social-emotional learning’ is just as vital for kids as reading and math, local expert says

Elementary and middle school are both pivotal times in young people's lives. Children experience a lot of emotional, physical and educational changes. They learn how to communicate with their peers ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Does social and emotional learning help kids? Yes, but experts say schools must be careful

A study published this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found one-third of high school students experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic – an unsurprising ...
Education Week

How Educators View Social-Emotional Learning, in Charts

You might think that the politically charged attacks against social-emotional learning highlighted in the news media would be chipping away at educator support nationwide for the approach. But, so far ...
Forbes

A Call For Designing Inclusive Social-Emotional Learning Experiences

David Rose and Anne Meyer, developers of Universal Design for Learning, assert that there is no such thing as an "average learner." No two students have the same abilities, challenges or preferences, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Social-Emotional Learning Can Help College Students Navigate the Pandemic’s Disruptions

Mohandas Gandhi was once asked, “What do you think of Western civilization?” His reply: “I think it would be a good idea.” That’s precisely what I think about social-emotional learning.
KQED

Is Social-Emotional Learning Effective? New Meta-Analysis Adds to Evidence, But Debate Persists

Social-emotional learning – aimed at fostering a wide assortment of soft skills from empathy and listening to anger management and goal-setting – has been one of the hottest trends in education over ...
CNN

Restoring what the pandemic took: Social and emotional learning for kids

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 ...