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According to research, students who are explicitly taught social-emotional skills see a noticeable improvement in their academic performance. That is why the first principle of the Responsive Classroom approach is “Teaching social and emotional skills is as important as teaching academic content.”

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The Nation’s Report Card Is a Call to Action

Dear Valued Community, The National Assessment Governing Board, the independent, nonpartisan board that sets policy for the Nation’s Report Card (NAEP), recently released the results from the 2024 assessment for ...

Positive Community SEL Skills

Find Time for Social-Emotional Learning

One of the most rewarding aspects of teaching is helping students develop social and emotional skills alongside academic knowledge. These skills are essential for building positive relationships, fostering self-confidence, and ...

Child & Adolescent Development Child Development

Midyear Child Development Review: Adapting to Students

At the start of the school year, as new classroom communities are forming, teachers begin planning ways to connect and form relationships with new students. By the middle of the ...

SEL Skills

Find Time for Social-Emotional Learning

Positive Community SEL Skills

Find Time for Social-Emotional Learning

Teaching Perseverance? Try Interactive Modeling

Classroom Management & Discipline Interactive Modeling Positive Community SEL Skills

Teaching Perseverance? Try Interactive Modeling

A New Perspective on Student Self-Reflection

Interactive Modeling SEL Skills Self-Reflection

A New Perspective on Student Self-Reflection

What Is Quiet Time?

Academic Choice Joyful Classrooms SEL Skills

What Is Quiet Time?

Teaching C.A.R.E.S. in an Elementary School Classroom

Elementary School Positive Community SEL Skills

Teaching C.A.R.E.S. in an Elementary School Classroom

Recover from Failure with a Dose of Self-Empathy

Positive Teacher Language SEL Skills Self-Reflection

Recover from Failure with a Dose of Self-Empathy

What Kind of Teacher Are You? A Question Revisited

Families Positive Community SEL Skills Teacher Language

What Kind of Teacher Are You? A Question Revisited

I’m Not Acting as Role Model, I’m Serving as a Role Model: A Conversation with Authors Julie Kelly and Kirsten Howard

Elementary School Interactive Modeling Positive Teacher Language SEL Skills Teacher Language

I’m Not Acting as Role Model, I’m Serving as a Role Model: A Conversation with Authors Julie Kelly and Kirsten Howard

Reflective Teaching for Effective Learning

SEL Skills Self-Reflection

Reflective Teaching for Effective Learning

Reflection in a Virtual Classroom

Positive Community SEL Skills Self-Reflection Virtual Learning

Reflection in a Virtual Classroom

Developing Intrinsic Motivation with Choice

Academic Choice Engaging Academics SEL Skills

Developing Intrinsic Motivation with Choice

Challenge Is a Part of Learning

Academic Choice Classroom Organization Guided Discovery SEL Skills Teacher Language The Language of Learning

Challenge Is a Part of Learning

Responding to Misbehavior with Empathy

Classroom Management & Discipline Discipline Discipline Elementary School Hopes and Dreams Positive Community SEL Skills Teacher Language

Responding to Misbehavior with Empathy

Setting a Vision for the Future

Elementary School Families Middle School Positive Teacher Language SEL Skills

Setting a Vision for the Future

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