“We Will Build Together”: Sowing the Seeds of SEL Statewide

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has been lauded as important for student success. However, little guidance is available for how educators, scholars, and policymakers can work together to improve SEL implementation in public schools across a state. Authored by experts out of University of California, Berkeley, the Sacramento County Office of Education, and a team of national and international educators and scientists, this report describes CalHOPE Student Support — an effort to “sow the seeds” of SEL across California.