Social and emotional learning (SEL) refers to the accumulation of a range of knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain relationships, and make responsible decisions.
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Raising the Bar: The Promise of Standards-Based Education Reform
OverviewThe standards-based movement has had some time to develop in state and federal education policy and has come under fire from various critics along the …
Financing Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives
OverviewIn order to inform youth practitioners and policymakers about the various sources of funding for after-school activities, AYPF coordinated a panel disc…
Increasing Student Achievement Through the Arts
OverviewWith a growing emphasis on standardized testing as an assessment of academic achievement and advancement in high schools, teachers have been pressured …
Youth Court: A National Youth Justice Movement
OverviewPolicymakers gathered today to hear panelists describe a fast growing crime prevention and intervention program called Youth Court (a.k.a. Teen Court).…