August 9, 2016
The Latest Big Education Fad, Social-Emotional Learning, Is As Bad As It Sounds
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) longs to plumb the psyches of our children (as its own reports reveal)and it enjoys the eager complicity of state education establishments. As reported by Education Week, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) recently announced that eight states will “work collaboratively to create and implement plans to encourage social-emotional learning in their schools.”