Jennifer T Leschitz

This report reviews recent evidence on U.S.-based social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions for K-12 students to better inform the use of these interventions under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The authors discuss the opportunities for supporting SEL under ESSA, the standards of evidence under ESSA, and SEL interventions that meet the standards of evidence and might be eligible for federal funds through ESSA.

In this report, RAND researchers describe the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative-which is an effort to explore whether and how children benefit when schools and out-of-school time programs partner to improve and align social and emotional learning-as well as what it takes to do this work. The researchers report findings and early lessons from the first two years of implementation in the six participating communities.

Behavioral threat assessment and management as a practice is widespread in K 12 schools to respond to concerning and potentially violent student behaviors. In this report, the authors build on existing research to guide the management phase of the behavioral threat assessment and management process, responding to the shortfall in resources and tools for this critical part of efforts to prevent targeted violence and keep school communities safe.