A prevalence of “policy-based evidence-making”
By Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, for EducationNext Does the current drive to incorporate social and emotional learning, or SEL, into the K–12 curriculum represent a positive reform that will lead schools to educate the “whole student” and ultimately boost young people’s academic success? Or is it a distracting fad that comes with high opportunity costs? […]