News & Resources
Check out the latest news about the EASEL Lab.
Caroço Featured on Good Morning Amazonas
Caroço, the Kernels adapted for use in Brazil, were featured on Good Morning Amazonas, showcasing their use in Iranduba.
Honoring the Cultural Backgrounds of All Students
In this Usable Knowledge piece, Ph.D. candidate Emily Meland and Senior Lecturer Gretchen Brion-Meisels discuss a model of SEL that emphasizes culturally sustaining social and emotional learning. It highlights the importance of critically reflecting...
Harvard Worldwide Week Highlights Chilean Collaboration on Social-Emotional Learning through Robotics and Neuroscience
On October 7, 2024, a standing-room-only panel at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) captivated attendees during Harvard’s Worldwide Week with the presentation “Research Perspectives to Develop Children’s Social, Emotional, and Academic...
An integrative model for culturally sustaining SEL in the classroom
This journal article presents an integrative model for culturally sustaining Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in classrooms, emphasizing the need for SEL practices that are adaptable, responsive, and equitable. It highlights three core competencies for...
Navigating SEL for Teens
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...
Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom
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...
Social and Emotional Learning in the Spotlight
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.
Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play
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...
Self-Regulation by Any Other Name: New Harvard Project Connects the Similar and Disparate Words of Social-Emotional Learning
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
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...
A Smarter Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
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...
Bite-sized lessons in social-emotional learning
The Marshall Memo highlights three examples of Kernels from the EASEL Lab: Magic 8 Ball, Dear Abby, and Belly Breathing.
