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Emerging Insights from States’ Efforts to Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning CASEL June 1, 2018

What specific policies and practices can state education agencies take to build understanding and support for SEL at the state and local levels? What can other states learn from these early efforts?Our Collaborating States Initiative, modeled after a similar effort directed at school districts, was developed to help states create, implement, and share effective efforts. Participation grew rapidly from only a handful of state agencies in 2016 to 25 by 2018.