Educators must embed mental health into every aspect of the school day to meet student social-emotional needs that have been intensified by the pandemic.
Conservatives have accused schools of hijacking SEL to promote progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality, while liberals have warned of threats to student privacy.
"Remove the masks from our children, at least give the children the choice to come to school without a mask so they can get their education," says Brandon Marks, a community member attending the protest.
As education leaders and policy-makers are deciding where to prioritize ESSER funding, here are three key steps to elevate science instruction district-wide for the long term.
Forcing schools to publish every detail of their curriculums online is most likely to smother instruction and demoralize teachers, superintendents say.
