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

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?

From the Hechinger Report, Professor Stephanie... Read more about A cheaper, quicker approach to social-emotional learning?

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 provide a program utilizing this approach.

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

Learn more about new kernels of practice being piloted by Stephanie Jones and the EASEL Lab, with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in this article from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read more about For a New Approach to Social Emotional Learning, Look to Kernels

Part two of a series of briefs commissioned by the Wallace Foundation based on an analysis of wide-used SEL programs, this paper introduces the concepts of kernels, or low-cost, targeted strategies that represent "active ingredients" of comprehensive SEL programs. Download the report here. Read more about Kernels of Practice for SEL: Low-Cost, Low-Burden Strategies

Learn more about our new "kernels" approach, bite-sized strategies developed to provide schools with a range of free, flexible strategies for social-emotional learning (SEL).