To Close Learning Gaps, Address Social And Emotional Skills: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

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To close learning gaps, address social and emotional skills: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

By Stephanie Jones and Rebecca Bailey

Categories: Learning designs, Research, Social & emotional learning

June 2023

In the face of enormous concern for children’s learning and development in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the educational response has focused on accelerating academic learning. But children’s social and emotional skills have suffered as well. A growing body of research confirms what educators already know from observations of their own classrooms and students: Children are struggling with classroom routines, social interaction, and emotion and behavior management (e.g., National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2023; Hanno et al., 2021) and engaging in high levels of acting out and disruptive behavior. Educators are also reporting they have few resources to help with these situations, even as they face tremendous pressure to get their students back on track. To address these challenges, we

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Stephanie Jones

Harvard Graduate School of Education | + posts

Stephanie M. Jones (stephanie_m_jones@gse.harvard.edu) is Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development and director of the EASEL Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.