Navigating SEL for Teens

March 13, 2023

This Usable Knowledge piece introduces a new guide, "Navigating SEL from the Inside Out," which examines 18 evidence-based SEL programs and offers guiding questions to help educators choose programs that address specific goals, fit within schedules, integrate with existing initiatives, and ensure equitable benefits for all students. Read more about Navigating SEL for Teens

Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom

September 22, 2022

RTI International launched a new guide, focusing on evidence-based practices for implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The guide organizes SEL approaches into three categories: SEL integrated into the classroom, child-centered SEL activities, and school climate that fosters SEL, and it emphasizes adapting SEL to local contexts and outlines steps for effective implementation, aiming to... Read more about Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom

Social and Emotional Learning in the Spotlight

March 11, 2022

In a new podcast series from the Wallace Foundation, Stephanie Jones shares highlights of the newly updated SEL guide Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out. Read more about Social and Emotional Learning in the Spotlight

Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play

October 8, 2020

Play allows children to act out things that trouble them. It can help express feelings and reduce anxiety. In their new online course, our friends at the LEGO Foundation explore how we as adults can support our children to cope with change. Join for free at ... Read more about Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play

Self-Regulation by Any Other Name: New Harvard Project Connects the Similar and Disparate Words of Social-Emotional Learning

May 12, 2020

From The 74, an introduction to the Explore SEL website and how the tools address the disconnect between social and emotional frameworks.

An Antidote to the “Fever” of Social and Emotional Learning: Build from Science and Evidence, and Ask the Right Questions

November 15, 2019

In a response piece in Education Next, Sophie Barnes and Stephanie Jones argue that when it comes to SEL we need to use evidence and ask the right questions. Noting that SEL skills are malleable and that teachers and schools can build them, the authors stress that we need to closely align knowledge and...

A Smarter Approach to Social-Emotional Learning

October 22, 2019

Introducing the official launch of Explore SEL, a site designed as a navigator for the field of social and emotional learning. The tools and resources on this site support exploring, connecting, and comparing SEL and non-academic frameworks and skills to... Read more about A Smarter Approach to Social-Emotional Learning

Bite-sized lessons in social-emotional learning

September 30, 2019

The Marshall Memo highlights three examples of Kernels from the EASEL Lab: Magic 8 Ball, Dear Abby, and Belly Breathing. Read more about Bite-sized lessons in social-emotional learning

Can Bite-Sized Lessons Make Social-Emotional Learning Easier to Teach?

September 10, 2019

From Education Week, read an introduction to Kernels, a cost-effective method to teach social-emotional skills. Discover examples of Kernels and read more about the effects of implementing Kernels. Read more about Can Bite-Sized Lessons Make Social-Emotional Learning Easier to Teach?

Getting Developmental Science Back Into Schools

August 29, 2019

EASEL researchers Rebecca Bailey, Emily Meland, Gretchen Brion-Meisels, and Stephanie Jones summarize research on the development of self-regulation and what it means for policies related to "no excuses" approach to behavior in schools. The authors caution against such policies, arguing that they can limit children's opportunities to practice and develop important social and emotional skills, undermine relationships...

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