What is Social Emotional Learning?

Walking the halls of Chicago International Charter School in the city’s Bucktown neighborhood, you’re likely to hear some interesting terms. Empathy interviews. Restorative justice. It’s all part of the school’s social emotional learning approach. But what does this teaching terminology look like in practice? In this episode of Building Classroom Connections, from TODAY and sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we speak with students and educators about how SEL affects their experiences at school and outside the classroom.