SEL vs. Transformative SEL

Public schools and distinguishing the difference

For many who lean right, the acronym “SEL” — for Social Emotional Learning—has become a demonized three-letter code for “luring children into emotion micromanagement”. But there’s a key difference that emerged in 2020, that dramatically shifted the narrative.

Entire FAIR article here.

Summary:

For most of its existence, the rationale for SEL has been th…