#820: Social-emotional learning doesn’t have a hidden agenda - 5/18/22

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Robert Pondiscio, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and senior visiting fellow here at Fordham, discusses his wariness about social-emotional learning but rebuts the claim that it’s a “Trojan horse” for critical race theory. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a study on how well teachers understand their pension plans.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>Robert’s piece on SEL: “<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/no-social-and-emotional-learning-not-trojan-horse-crt'>No, social and emotional learning is not a “Trojan horse” for CRT</a>.”</li><li>Nathanial Grossman’s piece: “<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/schools-have-no-choice-teach-social-and-emotional-skills'>Schools have no choice but to teach social and emotional skills</a>.”</li><li>Fordham’s parent survey: <a href='https://sel.fordhaminstitute.org/'><em>How to Sell SEL: Parents and the Politics of Social-Emotional Learning</em></a>.</li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Dillon Fuchsman, Josh B. McGee, and Gema Zamarro, <a href='https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID4011391_code4895620.pdf?abstractid=4011391&amp;mirid=1'><em>Teachers’ Knowledge and Preparedness for Retirement: Results from a Nationally Representative Teacher Survey</em></a>, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper (January 20, 2022).</li></ul><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Feedback welcome!</b></p><p>Have ideas or feedback on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producer Pedro Enamorado at <a href='mailto:penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org'>penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>