Adolescence is a time of heightened emotion. Stress, excitement, anxiety, frustration, and joy flow through classrooms every day. But how do these emotions affect how students learn and connect with ...

Revisiting a book repeatedly helps children develop a sophisticated understanding of what emotions look and feel like.

When we educators fail to appreciate the importance of students' emotions, we fail to appreciate a critical force in students' learning. One could argue, in fact, that we fail to appreciate the very ...

After a week of debating with Daniel Goleman, we round up our thoughts. MERRYMAN: Goleman admitted that there was no real data to support his premise when he wrote his book in 1995 – that only now the ...

Social-emotional learning. Character education. Bullying prevention. These programs all fall under the larger umbrella of emotional intelligence (EQ)—the ability to manage one’s feelings and interact ...

Providing a suitable learning environment is of paramount importance for anyone, but it's even more crucial for young schoolchildren taking their first steps at school, given their inability to ...

Slumberkins is the culmination of more than 20 years of friendship and a shared life passion for promoting early emotional learning. As mothers with family therapy and early education backgrounds, ...

Someone recently told me a story about a white male professor at a top-ranked college crying during a class discussion of race. While lamenting previous misunderstandings of white privilege, he ...