6 Big Problems with Latest "Social Emotional Learning" Report | The National Pulse

6 Big Problems with Latest "Social Emotional Learning" Report | The National Pulse

"The Commission expects that SEL programs and curriculum will fill the cavernous social emotional void for the millions of children growing up in fatherless homes.

"The statistics are overwhelming that children -- especially boys -- from fatherless homes have more SEL problems. Examples include:

• Significantly higher juvenile crime rates
• A 279 percent increased likelihood of carrying a gun
• Externalizing behavior problems as early as one year of age

"Conversely, Dr. William Jeynes of the University of California at Santa Barbara, after reviewing data on 20,000 high school students, found that minority students coming from two-parent families with high religiosity had no achievement gap with their white peers and outscored other students in their same racial groups. This is orders of magnitude better than the results (or lack thereof) from more than 50 years and over $2 trillion dollars of federal education spending and interference."