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Stay connected to the latest stories happening in the world of social-emotional education and find out what’s coming for the Social-Emotional Learning Coalition with these regularly-updated articles.

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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN THE NEWS
How social and emotional competence leads to educational equity Social and emotional skills are critical, and they foster educational equity by enabling the student to master and derive benefit from the curriculum
VISIT THE WEBSITEU.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic Today, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new Surgeon General’s Advisory to highlight the urgent need to address the nation’s youth mental health crisis.
VISIT THE WEBSITEWhat Good Social-Emotional Learning Should Look Like: First, Listen to the Community There has been a surge of interest in SEL because of the pandemic and racial justice issues.
VISIT THE WEBSITESchools embrace social and emotional learning to help 'overwhelmed' students Studies have shown that social and emotional learning programs can improve academic performance, classroom behavior and stress management.
VISIT THE WEBSITEThe current state of SEL education
Less than one in four teachers say SEL is implemented in their school on a programmatic, schoolwide basis.
— From a recent report by Civic with Hart Research Associates