Core Concept: Social and Emotional Learning

ESSENTIALS

The why, what, and how of effective social and emotional learning and character development.

• Topic Focus: Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning?
• Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Piece
• Emotional Intelligence Research
• Ten Tips for Creating a Caring School: Raise Your Students' Emotional Intelligence Quotient

FEATURED CONTENT

• Fear Factor: Harassment Hurts

  The effect of bullying goes beyond simple schoolyard scuffles to cause lasting emotional wounds.

• "She Used to Be Pretty": Schoolyard Harassment Goes Online

  The wounds cyberbullies cause can run deep.

• An Ounce of Prevention: It's Worth Much More Than a Pound of Cure

  Through project learning, geometry becomes relevant as well as rigorous.

• "We're Here to Raise Kids": Character Development Is Key

  Social and emotional learning is infused into all subject areas and into extra-curricular activities at this middle school.

• Scared Not to Be Straight Harrassment of LGBT Teens Prompts Antibullying Initiatives

  Gay students seek protection from bullies.

NEW CONTENT AND SEL ARCHIVE:

View our complete library on social and emotional learning and character development, which includes articles, media clips, and interviews.

Featured Video: An Interview with Daniel Goleman

The author of Emotional Intelligence speaks on the value of social and emotional learning. Running Time: 6 min.

MORE VIDEO:

• Peace Helpers: PS 24

  At this elementary school in Brooklyn, fourth and fifth graders help younger students resolve conflicts.

• Educating Hearts: A Districtwide Commitment to Teaching How to Care

  The Anchorage, Alaska, school system's investment in social and emotional learning is paying off both socially and academically.

• The Forum: Students Learn the Skill of Conflict Resolution

  An elective class in Seattle's AS-1 school where students from every grade come together to discuss and resolve their differences.

• Michael Pritchard: Lessons from the Heart

  A former probation officer and award-winning stand-up comic believes that "no matter what we teach kids, love is more important than any knowledge we give them."

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