# News & Resources ## Check out the latest news about the EASEL Lab. [### Caroço Featured on Good Morning Amazonas ](https://globoplay.globo.com/v/13281659/) January 23, 2025 Caroço, the Kernels adapted for use in Brazil, were featured on Good Morning Amazonas, showcasing their use in Iranduba. ![Newscaster on television](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Amazonas.jpg?itok=simsf3iD) [### Honoring the Cultural Backgrounds of All Students ](/news/honoring-cultural-backgrounds-all-students) August 23, 2024 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... ![Teacher working with two students](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/teacher-teen-students-stock.jpg?itok=yruoesUg) [### Harvard Worldwide Week Highlights Chilean Collaboration on Social-Emotional Learning through Robotics and Neuroscience ](/news/2024/08/harvard-worldwide-week-highlights-chilean-collaboration-social-emotional-learning) August 10, 2024 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... ![Harvard Worldwide Week Highlights Chilean Collaboration on Social](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-11/7e21d569-2d16-43e6-929e-7f698c70bc40.jpeg?itok=r-hP0-I5) [### An integrative model for culturally sustaining SEL in the classroom ](/news/integrative-model-culturally-sustaining-sel-classroom) June 01, 2024 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... ![elsevier-non-solus-new-grey](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/elsevier-non-solus-new-grey.jpg?h=6a78be03&itok=IXO955Wm) [### Navigating SEL for Teens ](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/23/03/navigating-sel-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... ![Smiling student](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/1500x750-sel-teens_sq.jpg?itok=t8oA0JFj) [### Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom ](https://www.rti.org/insights/social-emotional-guidebook-use) 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... ![Students raising their hands](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/48584541382_6e662e857f_6k_sel_idg_1600-1024.jpg?itok=3Z-efnjA) [### Social and Emotional Learning in the Spotlight ](https://www.wallacefoundation.org/news-and-media/blog/pages/social-and-emotional-learning-in-the-spotlight.aspx) 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. ![Podcast logo with guests' faces](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/stephanie-jones-sel-podcast-series-250x250.jpg?itok=mmc1Z_F7) [### Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play ](https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/coping-with-changes) October 08, 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... ![Children smiling](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/mooc_teaser_v2_thumbnail_square_1.png?h=beb12c5c&itok=lRF5S1FQ) [### Self-Regulation by Any Other Name: New Harvard Project Connects the Similar and Disparate Words of Social-Emotional Learning ](/news/self-regulation-any-other-name-new-harvard-project-connects-similar-and-disparate) 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. ![smiling-kids](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-11/smiling-kids.jpg?itok=N2Kydwqu) [### An Antidote to the “Fever” of Social and Emotional Learning: Build from Science and Evidence, and Ask the Right Questions ](https://www.educationnext.org/antidote-to-fever-social-and-emotional-learning-build-from-science-evidence-ask-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... ![Child in bed with fever](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/ednext-nov19-blog-jones-barnes-fever.png?itok=_RH7arCw) [### A Smarter Approach to Social-Emotional Learning ](/news/smarter-approach-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... ![Explore SEL Visuals](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/exploresel.jpg?itok=pTIZXeis) [### Bite-sized lessons in social-emotional learning ](/news/bite-sized-lessons-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. ![Marshall Memo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4486/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/gse-easel-lab/files/marshall_memo.png?itok=opI522VY) [ Read More News & Resources arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)