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By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist, reporting from Washington Humans may be on the way out. But at least the humanities are back. Or so some of the tech gods tell us. After decades of dismissing liberal arts and humanities studies as useless…..
Liz Bowie5/15/2026 2:10 p.m. EDT The state ranks third for improvement in reading and fifth in math Maryland students made a faster comeback than students in more than 30 states after steep academic declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…..
1. Core Competency Training: Delivering the Trajectory-Based SEL Model Project Change rejects the modern standard of treating communal disease with isolated, individual wellness plans. When the polis—the collective educational environment—is systemically stressed, trying to cure it by fixing individual students…..
Narrative: Need / Problem Statement 1. The Core Community Problem: Geographic and Economic Disparities in SEL Well-Being While Montgomery County, Maryland, is historically recognized as an affluent region, this broad metric masks severe pockets of concentrated poverty, housing instability, and…..
Theoretical Justification: Trajectory-Based SEL Measurement 1. Methodological Framework: Directional Versus Acquisitional Measurement Project Change rejects the traditional, acquisitional paradigm of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) which treats emotional well-being as a finite mass of discrete, linear skills to be systematically accumulated. Human…..
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Something troubling is happening in U.S. education. Almost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Compared with a decade…..
By Summer Allen | May 1, 2019 Greater Good Magazine Mindfulness is all the rage these days, and for good reason. Focusing on the moment can improve our well-being, foster compassion, and help our relationships. What about going beyond the present moment? Yes, thinking about the future can trigger…..
Recent 2025-2026 research highlights hope as a crucial, trainable skill for social-emotional health, acting as a stronger predictor of meaning in life than other positive emotions. High hope is linked to reduced stress, lower anxiety/PTSD, and better resilience by encouraging…..
June 18, 2025Contact: Eric Stann, StannE@missouri.edu Hope isn’t just wishful thinking — it’s a powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning. Now, a new groundbreaking study from the University of Missouri shows it may be even more essential to well-being…..