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Social and Emotional Learning, or SEL, is an important framework of holistic teaching for the twenty-first century. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) identified the standard five core competencies within SEL. They are: self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness.

Most schools right now are on summer break. A few schools today provide year-long instruction, but they typically still take a long break in the summer months. The common explanation for the break is some variation of the same idea: rural children who lived on farms needed to help their family in agricultural tasks at that time, and thus school was cancelled for the summer. But is this the real reason for summer break?

With over a dozen candidates still in the race, it is hard to know who will govern the largest city in the U.S. The bulk of media attention, however, is focusing on the Democratic front-runners Andrew Yang and Eric Adams, who will face off against fellow Democrats in primary elections on June 22.

Currently, most Palestinian refugees and their descendants live in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as in the neighboring countries of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. Israel has not allowed refugees to return to their homes. Israel says that an influx of so many Palestinians would overwhelm the country, as well as affect its status as a Jewish state.

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I Have a Dream speech at the March on Washing-ton on August 28, 1963, he had no idea that 30 years later an admir-er of his work would also make a groundbreaking performance. This admirer was renowned writ-er Maya Angelou, and she recited her poem ...

World War II began with Germany’s invasion of Poland in September of 1939. However, America did not enter the war until the bombing of its Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Outraged at this act against America, citizens supported declaring war and joining the Allied war effort against ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, “A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” Arrested over twenty times, stabbed in the chest, his house firebombed and, ultimately shot and killed... …

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November. Most families and friends eat turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, squash, or pumpkin as part of their celebration. Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? Why do we eat these foods? President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, but the celebration began with the Pilgrims. Their ship, …