Do your students ask you how to spell “because” three times a week, even though it’s on the word wall? It might be time to dust off those dictionary skills. And yes, I included the answer keys with ...

How do schools teach social and emotional skills? And why is it important? Our new research shows how these lessons can improve students’ wellbeing and lead to better academic results.

A key element of an inclusive learning ecosystem is a safe space where neurodivergent students can practice social-emotional skills without fear of negative outcomes.

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

Social Emotional Learning First, a little background. Social emotional learning (SEL) is on the curriculum throughout the U.S. educational system (and other countries as well).

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an educational process that aims to help children develop social and emotional life skills. Learn more here.

In elementary school, interactive read-alouds are commonly used to build various literacy skills, such as students’ listening comprehension, background knowledge, vocabulary, and understanding of ...

A new meta-analysis on social-emotional learning found plenty of benefits, but critics say much of this research is conducted by SEL proponents.

Social-emotional health is the ability to understand and manage one’s emotions, reactions and relationships, whereas social-emotional learning is the process of acquiring these skills and knowledge.

Service learning provides a way for students to grow their social-emotional learning skills while helping their community.

5 Ways to Integrate STEM and Social-Emotional Learning 1. Plan and sequence a STEM exercise in a way that minimizes anxiety and frustration. Project management is a huge part of STEM. It's also ...