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 ...
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 ...
People routinely think of STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math) and Social-Emotional Learning as two very separate subjects. Fractions over here, mindfulness over there. However, there are many ...
Clarification: This story has been updated to include a clarification about the legal status of federal guidance. Political pushback against social-emotional learning is prompting some districts to ...