As alarm about the problems, dangers, and poor research related to social emotional learning (SEL) spreads, prominent new voices are entering the fray to speak against it. Bob Kellogg at One News Now recently discussed...
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Karen R. Effrem, MD
Are Americans Rejecting the Left’s Push for Social Emotional Learning?
As this nation continues to contend with major social and political discord and violence, perhaps the education world is turning to the roots of faith present before and since America’s founding. For the first time, the...
“Social Emotional Learning” Standards Continue Ominous National March
As chronicled in multiple articles (also here and here) and the Pioneer Institute white paper authored by attorney Jane Robbins and myself, efforts to impose government-determined norms for the attitudes, values, and...
States Rush to Adopt “Social Emotional Learning” Standards, Despite Red Flags
Despite all evidence and even advice from proponents to be careful in the implementation, supporters of social emotional learning (SEL) standards, assessments, and data collection are following the same playbook as...
Why Ohio Should Reject “Social Emotional Learning” Standards
A committee of the Ohio State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on advancing a proposal to the full state board to implement statewide social emotional learning (SEL) standards this coming Tuesday, May 14th. This...
Parents Beware: “School Climate Surveys” Pose Many Threats to Students
A recent article by Joy Pullmann in The Federalist demonstrates just how nosy and invasive “school climate surveys” have become. These surveys are now a cornerstone of the implementation of social-emotional...
Invasive International Survey Targeting Pre-K Students Is Coming to U.S.
Not apparently content with the extent of invasive personality profiling discussed last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expanding it psychological profiling to 5,000 young...
New Study Shows Dangers and Ineffectiveness of “Social-Emotional Learning”
The Pioneer Institute, a national leader in the fight against Common Core and other horrible corporatist and global education reform ideas, today released a new study titled “Social-Emotional Learning: K–12...
Common Core & SEL Architect Linda Darling Hammond to Lead CA State Board of Ed
Karen Effrem: California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed radical Stanford professor emerita Linda Darling-Hammond to lead the California State Board of Education.
6 Big Problems with Latest “Social Emotional Learning” Report
Last week, the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (the Commission) issued their final report after a two-year process of convening meetings and gathering information. As...
No More Grades? New Program Looks to Recycle Failed Ideas at U.S. High Schools
A consortium of the most elite high schools in the nation are attempting to build a new kind of computerized high school transcript that will embody more than what they see as the “broken” traditional grades and time...
Flawed Report Uses Pseudoscience to Promote “Social Emotional Learning”
The latest report of the National Commission on Social Emotional and Academic Learning continues to promote questionable brain science in the service of having government schools, corporations, or their foundations set...
Government Preschool Doesn’t Work — And Here’s the Proof
This article was originally posted at The American Spectator and co-authored by Dr. Karen Effrem, president of Education Liberty Watch. On the theory that more government programs can solve any public-education problem...
Jane Robbins
Medical Child Kidnapping: Could a Norwegian Scandal Soon Hit the U.S.?
The BBC recently did a profile piece discussing Norway’s child protection system, which is based on its strict enforcement of its United Nations-approved child development standards that include social emotional...
Congress Keeps Adding to the Education Swamp with Budget Increases
Although not surprising in an election year, congressional appropriators — who are generally not known for their political courage — are not doing anything to drain the putrid, unconstitutional swamp that is...
“Social Emotional Learning” Advocates Are Still Ignoring Its Many Problems
As Ronald Reagan used to say: “There they go again!” The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) — which receives our hard-earned taxpayer dollars to insinuate social emotional learning...
6 Key Takeaways from Congress’ Hearing on Protecting Student Data
Yesterday, the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing titled, “Protecting Privacy, Promoting Data Security: Exploring How Schools and States Keep Data Safe.” Here are some key takeaways: 1.) More...
Over 100 Grassroots Leaders to Congress: Protect Students’ Privacy!
This week, the American Principles Project, Education Liberty Watch, and Eagle Forum, along with leaders from more than 100 organizations both nationally and in 31 states, called on Congress to rewrite the Family...
Expanding Unproven “Social Emotional Learning” Will Not Make Schools Safer
The National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning, a joint effort of the Aspen Institute and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), has recently released more “calls to...