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What Santa Claus and Social-Emotional Learning Have in Common

December 20, 2018 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

You better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I’m telling you why Santa Claus (and SEL assessment are) comin’ to town. ~Song lyrics to “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” by Songwriters: Haven Gillespie / J. Fred Coots (with alteration). Why is there such an intense push for social-emotional learning (SEL) involving young […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavior, behavioral assessment, Behavioral Problems, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Online Social-Emotional Learning, Social Emotional Learning, social-emotional assessment, Social-Emotional Standards

Oregon Officials Wonder Why Children Act out: Maybe It’s Because…

October 23, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 22 Comments

They’ve got behavioral problems in Oregon. Kids throwing tantrums, despondence, and there’s plenty of physical aggression to go around. Officials don’t know why. Their data isn’t helping much–and they can’t figure it out–exactly. They know many of the children live in poverty. They might be traumatized due to violence in their lives, and this could […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavioral Problems, Common Core, high-stakes testing, Oregon, Physical Education, reading, recess, Stress

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