Immerse yourself in the world of social-emotional learning, and one thing quickly becomes clear: What, exactly, social-emotional learning is can be hard to pin down, and people often resort to ...

Edufrienz 99 is a Singapore-based digital education platform and Asia's first platform dedicated to character education and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). The platform supports schools, educators, ...

In January, our team published a report on social-emotional learning research that has taken on new importance during the past few months. Written in partnership with New Schools Venture Fund, the ...

After entering the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are seeing the importance of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in classrooms. Students are experiencing rapidly growing signs of stress and ...

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has been gathering traction as a new education trend over the past few years. Back at the start of 2018, EdWeek was noting "Experts Agree Social-Emotional Learning ...

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 ...

An Oklahoma bill seeks to prevent the teaching of a concept in schools around the state. An Illinois bill seeks to facilitate the teaching of the same concept by establishing guidelines for a task ...

We are often asked for the definition of social-emotional learning (SEL). One common and useful SEL definition is the process of learning to integrate thinking, feeling, and behaving in order to ...

Everything about Ray, from his seat choice to his body language in class, indicated that he didn’t want to be noticed. And for the first half of his 9th grade year, he did enough to pass, earning Cs ...

The pandemic has taken a toll on students’ mental health as they adjusted to the sweeping changes in their schools and communities. The move by many schools to distance or hybrid learning contributed ...

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 ...