REPORTING ON A TOPIC WE'VE
BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON.
>> AND TONIGHT AT SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL LEARNING THIS
PROGRAM AT SCHOOL THAT TEACHES
STUDENTS MINDFULNESS HELPS
THEM MANAGE FEELINGS AND SHOW
EMPATHY FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
THINK OF A KIND OF LIKE, YOU
KNOW, JOURNALING AND
MEDITATION AND EVEN THAT'S
BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS. MORE
AND MORE CONTROVERSIAL. AND IN
SOME INSTANCES A TARGET FOR
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS. WHY THEY
SEE IT AS A STEPPING STONE TO
CRITICAL RACE THEORY. VAUGHN
HILLYARD TAKES A LOOK AT HOW
SCHOOLS ARE HELPING STUDENTS
WITH THEIR OWN SOCIAL
AWARENESS. WELL, SOME PARENTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.
ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.
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>> THIS IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
LEARNING. IT'S ALL ABOUT
BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND
KNOWING THE CHILD INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
>> THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE USING SCL
PRACTICES TO HELP STUDENTS.
BOTH LEARN IN COPE WITH
DIFFICULT EMOTIONS TO COME IN
A SOMETIMES TO TEACH US WHAT
ACCESS. HOW DO YOU FEEL? ARE
YOU OK? AND THEN ME TALKING TO
THEM LIKE HELP ME WITH MY
SCHOOL WAY 19 STATES HAVE SET
STANDARDS FOR SCL PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SCHOOLS
AND DISTRICTS HAVE INCREASED
SPENDING ON SCL BY 45% SINCE
2019 11 WAS THE SECOND ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
LEARNING DAY. PRESIDENT BIDEN
IN THE FIRST LADY RELEASED A
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT. BUT MANY
OF THE SAME SO-CALLED PARENTS
RIGHTS GROUPS THAT HAVE TAKEN
AIM AT CRITICAL RACE THEORY
AND VACCINE MANDATES ARE NOW
GUNNING FOR S E L THE
CURRICULUM HAS BEEN CHALLENGED
IN MORE THAN A HALF A DOZEN
STATES TALK ABOUT POWER AND
PRIVILEGE WHICH ARE TENANTS OF
CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
>> WE ALSO VERY HEAVY AGENDA
THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH TO
SUGGEST THAT BIG IF KIDS DON'T
FEEL VALUED IN SCHOOL. IF THEY
FEEL DISCONNECTED, THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO ENGAGE IN UTAH.
PARENTS UNITED CONVINCE ONE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REMOVE AN S
E L CURRICULUM AFTER THEY
DISCOVERED ONE OF THE LESSONS
LINK TO A WEBSITE ABOUT DATING
AND. WHAT DOES SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL LEARNING LOOK LIKE
ACL HAS ALSO BECOME A FREQUENT
TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE MEDIA.
THE FEDERALISTS HAS CO A
VEHICLE FOR ANTI WHITE RACISM
WHILE BREITBART SAYS IT'S A
TROJAN HORSE FOR CRT IN
NATIONAL REVIEW SAYS IT'S A
NEXT FIGHT IN EDUCATION. BUT
PROPONENTS SAY THE DECADE OLD
IDEA HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH
IDENTITY POLITICS AND WAS NOT
PREVIOUSLY CONTROVERSIAL. SO
MUCH OF THIS CONVERSATION
COMES AROUND.
>> HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE ARE
EMPOWERING AND ENCOURAGING
STUDENTS TO REALLY USE THEIR
VOICE TO WHAT HE SAID. WOULD
YOU ARGUE THAT IT IS MORE
IMPORTANT NOW IN A MORE
POLITICALLY DIVISIVE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ISSUES OF RACE IN OUR
CLASSROOMS HERE TODAY.
>> HELPS US UNDERSTAND
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES LIKE
FIRST AND FOREMOST AND WHO
DOESN'T NEED THAT RIGHT NOW. I
MEAN, ALL OF US ARE COMING TO
CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER IT'S
COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC,
WHETHER IT IS POLITICAL AND IT
IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND UNDERSTAND
NOT ONLY YOUR PERSPECTIVE BUT
THE PERSPECTIVE OF BUT TODAY'S
REALITY IS ONE OF FRICTION
AGAIN.
>> OVER TEACHINGS IN THE
CLASSROOMS WHERE KIDS ARE LEFT
TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THE CULTURE WARS CONSEQUENCES.
>> RON HILL, YOU'RE JOINING US
NOW. I'M GLAD THEY BRING THIS
REPORTING TO US. AND I THINK
IS IMPORTANT TO IS IT'S NOT
LIKE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
LOOKS THE EXACT SAME IN EVERY
SINGLE STATE RIGHT.
>> IN AD. TO BE CLEAR ABOUT
HALF THE STATES ACTUALLY DON'T
HAVE STATEWIDE STANDARDS HERE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY TO SCHOOL
DISTRICT DECISION IN SO MANY
PLACES HERE AND AGAIN, THESE
ARE GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS.
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE
INDOCTRINATION RIGHT. IS A LOT
OF THE CRITICISM YOU HEAR ON
THE RIGHT WOULD SUGGEST MORE
SO THIS IS A WAY FOR EDUCATORS
AND TEACHERS WHO SPEND 7, 8,
HOURS A DAY WITH THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASES TO BE
ABLE TO BETTER ENGAGE WITH
THEIR STUDENTS ABOUT THE
SOCIAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT
ONLY SURROUNDING THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SCHOOLS,
BUT ALSO THEMSELVES TO, YOU
KNOW, YOU MENTIONED MEDITATING
RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HOW TO
COMMUNICATE AND SAY HI TO
THERE ARE THOUGH SOME TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, IN
CALIFORNIA THEY DO HAVE A
STATEWIDE STANDARD THAT SAYS
IN PART SAYING STUDENTS MUST
HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT IS PERSONALIZED
CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND
RESPONSIVE INTENTIONALLY
ADDRESSES RACISM AND IMPLICIT
BIAS. AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE
ISSUES OF RACISM ARE VERY
PREVALENT IN SO MANY
COMMUNITIES IN THEIR DYNAMICS
THAT EXISTS IN CLASSROOMS HERE
IN A CENTURY WITH THE
STANDARDS DO IS ALLOW THESE
TEACHERS EDUCATORS TO BETTER
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
TO BETTER BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
SORT OF THESE SOCIAL AWARENESS
ISSUES THAT STUDENTS ARE
UNDOUBTEDLY FACING ESPECIALLY
AT THE HEART IS PANDEMIC AND
AT A TIME IN WHICH WE'RE SO
POLITICALLY DIVIDED AS WELL.
VAUGHN HILLYARD, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.