Social Emotional Learning as a Key Component in Response to Crises

Educators across the country are grappling with an unprecedented set of circumstances as they welcome students and adults back to school. We face the layered impact of schools’ closures (e.g., loss of school-based relationships, routines, and learning);health concerns (e.g., isolation, stress, and trauma); economic crisis (e.g., unemployment, impact on school budgets), and racial inequities exacerbated by the pandemic and amplified by the nationwide mobilization for racial justice.