{"id":181583,"date":"2026-01-26T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T00:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:15:10","slug":"why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Why This Expert Believes Social-Emotional Learning Will Survive Politics and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/2026\/01\">Why This Expert Believes Social-Emotional Learning Will Survive Politics and AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/2026\/01\">https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/2026\/01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-26 00:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.edweek.org\">www.edweek.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The largest challenge facing social-emotional learning (SEL) is defining and clarifying its meaning, ensuring people understand its significance amidst diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>SEL is defined as the everyday skills required for students&#8217; success both academically and as productive citizens, focusing on relationship-building, self-understanding, motivation, and resilience.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting SEL by emphasizing its importance in teaching social-emotional skills alongside technological literacy, as AI interactions require human-relational skills and ethical considerations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Although SEL has faced criticisms from some conservative groups, it hasn&#8217;t set back its implementation in schools. The underlying work to build strong relationships and supportive school communities remains unchanged, despite differing labels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In response to politicization, CASEL has strengthened its focus on conveying its nonpartisan, evidence-based identity, ensuring the continuation of SEL implementation through policy advocacy and resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Looking forward, SEL will likely gain more attention, especially concerning how students develop the right social-emotional skills to thrive in an increasingly technology-dominated world, both in education and the workforce.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Finally, Samuel expressed profound gratitude to educators for their ongoing efforts and dedication to fostering SEL, despite all challenges.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why This Expert Believes Social-Emotional Learning Will Survive Politics and AI https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/why-this-expert-believes-social-emotional-learning-will-survive-politics-and-ai\/2026\/01 Publish Date: 2026-01-26&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/epe.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/1c714c3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2000x2000+0+0\/resize\/630x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepe-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F65%2F60206d8c4413b66608b1dc725b53%2F012026-sel-sr-casel-q-a-paper-figures-circle-spotlight-163922663.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-181583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181585,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583\/revisions\/181585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}