Alabama NewsCenter: University of Alabama Receives Grant to Study Social, Emotional Learning in Children

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By Bryant Welbourne
University of Alabama

The University of Alabama’s College of Education recently received a $5 million federal grant to study the importance of social and emotional learning in relation to the academic and overall success of elementary school students.

The project will explore how social and emotional learning, or SEL, is vital to a student’s success in the classroom and in life. SEL teaches students how to be aware of and manage their feelings while understanding others in any environment because they have learned to do so in a safe and positive SEL environment at school.

“Development of social and emotional skills is foundational to student success in both academics and life,” said Greg Benner, Helen and Pat O’Sullivan Professor of Education at UA and principal investigator of the project.

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