Did you know that social and emotional learning (SEL) skills can easily be taught to students in grades K-8 right alongside core academic instruction in classrooms or afterschool programs? From ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the work of teachers across the world. Educators’ access to students, technology use, and instructional priorities shifted seismically in spring 2020.

At a recent event, a student said something that stood out to educator Karen VanAusdal: “He said, ‘I want my teacher to ask me how I am, not just how my grades are.’” During these stressful times, ...

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has become a primary focus in many school’s strategic plans. Fortunately, there is a long list of literature, articles and research that outline the importance of SEL ...

Flush with COVID-19 relief aid and scrambling to meet students’ soaring emotional needs at the height of the pandemic, many school districts invested heavily in social-emotional learning. And that ...

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 ...

Schools may need to rely on local district funding to keep SEL programs going when the federal grants expire. Credit: Jackie Mader for the Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

As part of an expansion of its Be Internet Awesome digital citizenship program, Google today announced several new resources for educators, students and parents, including new curriculum and ...

We partnered with The Allstate Foundation to help educate parents (and the world) about Social and Emotional Learning, and how it can benefit both kids and entire communities. In this time of ...

Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked four educators to discuss some of the ways they share social emotional learning books with their students during storytime. Click here to see ...

In the summer of 2020, I worked as a drama specialist at a virtual camp for neurodiverse children. On my first day, I entered a Zoom room full of fidgety 5-year-olds and immediately panicked that I ...