While most failed, the bills rely on talking points developed by right-wing SEL opponents who liken lessons meant to increase students' emotional intelligence - teaching them skills like empathy, collaborative problem-solving and emotional self-regulation - to a Trojan Horse for left-wing ideologies of race, gender and sexuality.
Max Eden, a research fellow at AEI and an education policy expert at the Manhattan Institute, for one, told congressional lawmakers that SEL has become a way to displace content instruction, burden teachers and turn educators into unlicensed therapists.
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