The promotion of social, emotional, and academic learning is not a shifting educational fad; it is the substance of education itself.  It is not a distraction from the “real work” of math and English instruction; it is how instruction can succeed.  And it is not another reason for political polarization.  It brings together a traditionally conservative emphasis on local control and on the character of all students, and a historically progressive emphasis on the creative and challenging art of teaching and the social and emotional needs of all students, especially those who have experienced the greatest challenges.

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