teaching and learning; social-emotional learning; curriculum

The reality that we all face as teachers and leaders, and that no one seems to be talking about, is how our schools and curriculum are being asked to do much, much more than inspire life-long skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic. My how times have changed. As schools are thrust into the intriguing demands of social-emotional learning (SEL), we have to wonder how we ever got here without it and what the end-game of schooling will be someday if we can figure out how to navigate the pressures of covering so many content standards in so little time with teaching our children how to manage their emotions, build strong relationships, improve their social skillsets, and gain life-long confidence. What we might find out is…