EL Education provides lesson-based and organizational approaches to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) It offers strategies for understanding context, working with bias, and youth action projects. This includes guidance for creating student-teacher collaborative advisory groups, a deep focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (specifically, anti-racism), and an emphasis on identifying community needs and creating collective action. The program supports both a whole-school transformation model of education and also district-wide implementation of our open-source curriculum. Our framework for character and SEL includes regular collaboration with families. It also connects to the local community through the use of local case studies, fieldwork, community experts, and civic action. 

Grade Range Covered by Program
K-8
Grade Range Examined in Studies Used to Establish Program Effectiveness
6-8
Targeted Behavioral Area of Effect of Prevention/Intervention
Academic performance, Social behaviors, Teaching Practices
Geographic Location of Participant Samples
Northeast, Southeast
Population Density of Participant Samples
Urban
Latinos in the School Populations
Yes
Latinos in the School Populations %
No information for quasi-experimental study; 20% for RCT across multiple schools in various states with an N=12,859 students
Delivery Method
School, Classroom, District-Wide
Strength of Evidentiary Support
2 Star (⭐⭐) CASEL
Additional Evaluation Outcomes
Significant evaluation outcomes in:
√ - Improved academic performance
√ - Improved social behaviors
√ - Improved teaching practices
Cost of the Program
No
Additional Languages
Spanish