Responding to The 74 Jumping on the Social-Emotional Learning Bandwagon
JULY 23, 2018 BY JANE ROBBINS AND KAREN EFFREM An education news organization called The 74 (heavily funded by the Gates Foundation) recently jumped on the bandwagon for so-called social-emotional learning (SEL). This supposedly objective news source found little reason for skepticism about implementing SEL, as long as teachers are given sufficient resources and guidance. But such cheerleading masks deep concerns about whether schools…