Category: Social Emotional Learning

Proposal to Prohibit Teaching Critical Race Theory in Texas School District Wins Majority Approval in Public Comment

April 30, 2022
cancel culturecritical race theoryEducation & Family NewsFeatured TopicsLocal NewsPolicies & ImpactsRegional-Local NewsSocial Emotional LearningTexasUS
0 Comment

TEXAS—The majority vote in public comment chose to favor proposed policies that will put guardrails on social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and prohibit critical race theory (CRT) teachings for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD), following a board meeting on April 25. Board members Casey Ford and Shannon Braun proposed the policy (pdf) based on what Ford…

Read More

Florida School Officials Exposed for Pushing ‘Social Emotional Learning’ and Critical Race Theory Despite Ban

April 26, 2022
Education & Family NewsFloridaLocal NewsPolicies & ImpactsRegional-Local NewsSocial Emotional LearningUS
0 Comment

In the days leading up to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signing HB7 into law, members of the Manatee County School District were twisting the language of state law to push social emotional learning (SEL) and critical race theory (CRT) under the guise of a mental health support system and an African-American history program. HB7—also known as…

Read More

New York City to Spend $80 Million in Relief Money on ‘Social-Emotional Learning’

November 17, 2021
CRT- critical race theoryEducation & FamilyLocal NewsNew YorkNY NewsNY PoliticsRegional-Local NewsSocial Emotional LearningSocial IssuesUSUS News
0 Comment

New York state has received nearly $9 billion from American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP) to help reopen schools after the lockdown from the pandemic. The NYC Department of Education plans to use $80 million of the relief fund in FY 2022 to support the “Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)” needs of all students,…

Read More