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 ...

These performance-based activities can be fun for students and provide opportunities for them to develop empathy.

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 ...

With a noticeable increase in stress, anxiety and depression among students, private schools are implementing new approaches to help address the issue. Wellness programs and counseling services ...

School districts can help students understand and process their emotions while keeping them engaged in learning activities thanks to modern classroom designs. While emotion plays an important role in ...

In late 2022, my team and I visited 15 districts across the country to observe how educators were implementing student-centered instruction, which gives students an active role in their learning.

ASHEVILLE - Marianne Simmons' first-grade students at Hall Fletcher Elementary start their days off by singing. "Good morning, good morning, it's a good, good, good, good morning, we say hello and how ...

BALDWIN, N.Y. -- This school year, more and more classroom pets are being incorporated into daily learning. Educators say animals are helping young children with coping skills. Besides offering social ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adolescence is a time of phenomenal physical and cognitive growth. For the cohort of young people arriving on college campuses this fall, these internal changes have unfolded amid an external world ...

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 ...