Nothing can fully prepare a new teacher for their first year in the classroom—especially when it comes to the difficult conversations they’ll inevitably have with students and parents. But two former ...

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 ...

The rise of virtual learning has undoubtedly transformed the educational landscape, allowing students and educators to ...

BUDA, Texas — As any teacher can tell you, emotions can play a large role in the classroom. Students may feel anxious, nervous or, at times, overwhelmed – and that can affect their learning. At Hays ...

Teacher Jamalia Sheets watches a child model the emotion “surprised” during an activity in the infant classroom at Ellis Early Learning. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

First it was Common Core. Then Critical Race Theory. Now, social and emotional learning. That’s the latest education jargon term to leave academic circles and fuel a culture-war controversy over what ...

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, ...

Anxiety was rising among the sixth graders at West Middle School. “Do we have to do it?” asked one student, squirming in her seat. The “Counseling Dawgs” — counselor Alec Finley and psychologist Nick ...

On Father’s Day I took my kids to see "Inside Out 2." After the movie, when I asked them what they thought, they turned the question on me: “What did you learn?” This made me realize they had serious ...

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