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 ...

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 ...

Social emotional learning — lessons in soft skills like listening to people you disagree with or calming yourself down before a test — has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. The conservative ...

A school counselor explains how technology can be paired with relationships to improve mental wellbeing for today’s stressed students. Lately, it’s impossible to miss the news stories about the ...

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: ...

Months after a new social-emotional learning platform has been implemented, Manton Elementary School Principal Jon Paul Katona says he’s seeing K-5 students utilizing its lessons in the classroom.

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — After a heated debate on Tuesday, the Loudoun County School Board voted to recognize March 10, 2023, as Social Emotional Learning Day. In 2019, Loudoun County Public ...

Implementing a social-emotional-learning program is not for the faint of heart. SEL has become a highly charged—and politicized—buzzword as schools and districts implement new programs and try to ...

Anne Paonessa is the author of Essential Connection Skills (Corwin, 2025) and founder of ConnectED Classrooms: Picture this: A student sits at their desk, staring at a math problem that seems ...

What if you discovered that there’s a way to help students become more well-rounded, self-controlled and responsible, thus allowing them to progress socially and academically? And what if those gains ...

A school counselor explains how technology can be paired with relationships to improve mental wellbeing for today’s stressed students. Lately, it’s impossible to miss the news stories about the ...