Founders of Social Emotional Learning claimed they possessed the missing piece of education. However, the “good parts of SEL” are things schools historically ALREADY did. When SEL was introduced, it hijacked all the “good things” and used it as a smoke screen to bring in all the “bad things.”

There is a misconception that SEL was “good” prior to what is now known as “Transformative SEL” (TSEL). All “TSEL” did was allow Collaborative for Academic and Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) to be more bold and obvious in their true mission. This did not change the core intent of SEL which was always meant to transform school culture to create social justice activists.

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