Teachers have always taught everyday life or social-emotional skills, like getting along or being persistent—something most families’ and communities’ support. Certainly not a new idea, but more ...

It’s been said, “If a child can do advanced math, speak three languages, or receive top grades, but can’t manage their emotions, practice conflict resolution, or handle stress, none of that other ...

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 and emotional learning (SEL) is an educational process that aims to help children develop social and emotional life skills. These include managing difficult emotions, dealing with stress, ...

Social media, generative artificial intelligence, and other advances in digital technology are already dramatically influencing how kids develop social-emotional skills. A majority of educators ...

A lot of lessons, strategies, and activities are done in the name of social-emotional learning. Which ones, though, are the most effective? Educators will share their opinions in this series. In ...

It’s difficult to utter the phrase “Social Emotional Learning” these days without eliciting a strong reaction. This term, otherwise known as SEL, describes lessons and activities that address children ...

Innovation leaders share the applications and websites they’re using for SEL check-ins and activities in their school districts this year. Staff and students have been through so much over the past ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shambra Watkins reads a book about emotions to her kindergarten class. ASHEVILLE - Marianne Simmons' first-grade students at Hall ...

The school curriculum has changed a lot from when many parents and grandparents were at school. Alongside new approaches to learning math and increasing attention on technology, there is a compulsory ...

Third-grade literacy instructor Katelyn Battinelli talks with students about their pandemic-related fears on the first day of in-person learning for five days per week at Stark Elementary School on ...