STORM LAKE — Surrounded by 13 wriggling classmates sitting on a colorful mat, kindergartner Dara Peralta-Ponce thought briefly as her teacher asked her what made her unique. In a quiet voice, Dara ...
On a recent morning at School 30 in Yonkers, Afsaneh Parandian held a Clifford the Big Red Dog puppet up to her class of pre-K students and posed a question: “What sort of feelings are there?” Her ...
Research continues to show the benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL), especially with elementary-age students. But as SEL gains ground, educators need to think about best practices for adding it ...
Adolescence is a critical time to teach social emotional learning, especially now as middle and high school students return to school campuses after more than a year of disrupted classes or remote ...