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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.

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...

Taxonomy Project Webinar

June 13, 2019

In this webinar, Stephanie Jones provides a preview of the beta version of the Explore SEL website, a Rosetta Stone for SEL frameworks and terms.

Social-Emotional Learning: What It Is, What It Isn’t, And What We Know

April 30, 2019

From members of the EASEL Lab, this response piece in Education Next highlights the misfocus of concerns raised about current approaches to social and emotional learning in an article by Grover Whitehurst, and further describes the strong evidence behind...

Coaching Social & Emotional Skills in Youth Sports

March 11, 2019

This white paper defines social and emotional skills in the context of youth sports and describes how coaches can integrate this into their work.

Education Research & Development: Learning From the Field

March 08, 2019

From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, read a summary of responses and follow up conversations to a request of design concepts in writing, math, and executive function.

A cheaper, quicker approach to social-emotional learning?

March 04, 2019

From the Hechinger Report , Professor Stephanie Jones describes her kernels approach to social and emotional learning and an upcoming trial in Sacramento, California.

New Support for Self-Regulation Skills

March 01, 2019

Stephanie Jones is one of three editors of a new special issue of the journal Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, focusing on the development and promotion of self-regulation.

Re-imagining social-emotional learning: Findings from a strategy-based approach

January 22, 2019

In a recent article in Phi Delta Kappan, Rebecca Bailey, Laura Stickle, Gretchen Brion-Meisels, and Stephanie Jones propose a new approach to SEL in schools and in out-of-school setting that is developmental, flexible, and responsive to local needs, and...

The Science and Practice of Social and Emotional Learning: Implications for State Policymaking

January 17, 2019

State boards can do much to embed high-quality SEL in K-12 classrooms. Read more from Jones, Bailey, and Kahn in the latest issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard.

Teaching Social and Emotional Skills All Day

January 15, 2019

From Usable Knowledge , a look at considerations and actions for infusing social and emotional learning throughout the day.

From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope

January 15, 2019

From the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development , with input from more than 200 scientists, youth and parent groups, educators, and policymakers, this report aims assist efforts to support the whole learner by...