If we want children to grow into strong and thoughtful adults, we must first respect their world and experiences.

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.

AI systems, replacing STEM education, would ensure students are evaluated based on actual competency rather than memorization ...

Developmental psychologists have long known that children learn by emulating adults. According to social learning theory, most people learn by watching others. They see how we handle stress. They ...

I’ve taught social theory to undergraduate students at public institutions for over a decade, and among the instructional challenges this entails, one stands out as the most heartbreaking: the student ...

In 2023, the Yale School of Medicine released a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of SEL on more than half a million K-12 students around the world. The findings showed that SEL produced students ...

This article reevaluates the two-stage development theory of social learning by examining the distinct roles of pedagogical and selective learning. Pedagogical learning involves infants’ sensitivity ...

First it was Common Core. Then Critical Race Theory. Now, social and emotional learning. That’s the latest education jargon term to leave academic circles and fuel a culture-war controversy over what ...

Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Dana ...

In late April and early May 2025, a rumor spread online that Oklahoma would soon require schools to teach students that widespread voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election, echoing ...