By The Wallace Foundation

A new podcast series from The Wallace Foundation looks at the history of SEL, its practice, some recent developments and its future. The field of SEL is rapidly expanding as educators sharpen their focus on helping children build skills beyond academic knowledge. School climate initiatives, anti-bullying work, positive behavior supports and other SEL efforts are now steering programs in schools and out-of-school time (OST) settings across the country. Building children's SEL skills has taken on even more urgency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.