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Policy Brief: SEL and Racial Equity

Committee for Children

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This research brief reviews education-focused racial equity strategies that are evidence-based, with qualitative observational, quasi, or true experimental studies, and discusses how they might overlap with SEL. The brief identifies the following policy areas to promote racial equity in K–12 education and provides analysis of how SEL is implicated:

1. Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching

2. Implement Anti-Racist Education and Black Studies

3. Incorporate Trauma-Informed Approaches to Education

4. Reform School Safety and Discipline Practices

5. Diversify and Support the Educator Workforce

SEL and Racial Equity

Published

October 15, 2020

Topic

Alignment and Coherence Race & Equity

Category

Evidence Base & Research Policy

Audience

Local Leaders States & Policymakers

Resource Type

Knowledge/Articles

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