Social-Emotional Learning
How schools can help children learn to understand and manage their emotions, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions
See also: Life Skills
Student Well-Being & Movement
Video
Giving Students a Voice in Their Education
Elevating the role of students to shape the policies and practices that impact their schooling experience is a central part of the social-emotional learning strategies used in the Washoe County, Nev., school district.
Law & Courts
Teachers Condemn Family Separations at the Border as 'Child Abuse'
On social media and at protests, teachers have raised concerns about the lasting psychological effect of this new immigration policy on children.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
The 'Ripple Effects' of Integrating Social-Emotional Learning into Elementary Learning
The principal of a school in Washington, DC, describes a shift toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Van Ness Elementary: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Compelling Ways
The principal of an elementary school in Washington, DC, describes how she and her staff broadened the focus of the school towards broader, more holistic goals for students.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
5 Things You Might Not Know About Play And SEL
Like social and emotional learning, play can happen anywhere—and it can be just as important.
Student Well-Being & Movement
$100 Million Gift to Expand Social-Emotional Learning Program Nationwide
A $100 million gift announced Tuesday will allow the Sanford Harmony social-emotional learning program to make its programs available for free to pre-k through sixth-grade students nationwide.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Watch: Social-Emotional Learning Strategies, Explained in Three Minutes
Social-emotional learning is appealing to schools, but adopting the strategy can present some challenges, this video explains.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
A Classroom Strategy for Improving Student Mental Health
What's one step that teachers can take improve student mental health? Find out from an award-winning teacher.
Education
Opinion
3 Ways to Keep the Heat Off Teachers Implementing Social and Emotional Learning
Connecticut's 2007 Teacher of the Year shares how his school supports already busy teachers in implementing social and emotional learning.
Student Well-Being & Movement
WATCH: A District That Prioritizes Social-Emotional Learning Grapples With How to Measure If It Works
The Washoe County school district in Reno, Nev., has been on the forefront of infusing social-emotional learning throughout its schools as a key strategy for improving student engagement, attendance, and high school graduation rates.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Video
Social-Emotional Learning: Goal-Setting and Relationships Are Part of District’s Academic Core
The Washoe County school district in Reno, Nev., has been way ahead of most other districts in its approach to social-emotional learning.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Why Students Check Out (and How We Can Check Them Back In)
Our students hold the answers: We must take time to listen.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Is Curiosity as Good at Predicting Children's Reading, Math Success as Self-Control? Study Says Yes
Ever since the landmark "marshmallow test" highlighted the importance of early self-control in later achievement, educators have worked to find ways to build self-regulation among young children. But a new study in the journal Pediatric Research suggests boosting children's natural curiosity may be equally crucial to their long-term learning.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
The Effects of Unequal School Discipline Strategies
Guest blogger Amanda Ronan writes, "The harsh reality is that certain discipline practices are the reflections of institutionalized racism and outward discrimination against people of color and other underserved communities."