New Study Finds Multiple Problems with Push for Social-Emotional Learning in K-12 Education

Date: 
Friday, August 30, 2019
Summary: 

BOSTON – Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been billed as a transformational tool that will propel students to greater academic achievement and personal fulfillment.  Unfortunately, as a new Pioneer Institute study on social-emotional leaning makes clear, the research evidence to back up these claims is thin and unpersuasive. Moreover, the risks SEL poses to student privacy and health are significant.