Social-Emotional Learning: The Insidious Teaching Tool You’ve Never Heard Of

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🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What is social-emotional learning?

By now, many Americans are aware of critical race theory, which makes race the focus of all aspects of American life. The philosophy categorizes individuals into groups of oppressors and victims, and is currently making its way through the political sphere, the military, and of course, education.

But less well known is its ideological cousin, social-emotional learning. The program seeks to indoctrinate kids into leftist ideology by reinforcing a series of critical race theory-based morals and values.

Jennifer McWilliams was working as a reading teacher at Frankton Elementary School in Indiana when she noticed that social-emotional learning was being taught as part of the curriculum at her school. When she voiced her concerns about the racist ideology, she was summarily fired.

McWilliams says there’s nothing good about social-emotional learning, and that it’s based in racist critical race theory.

“It is all negative,” she says, “When you understand the program fully, and you understand the framework and the ideology behind it, you will understand that it is not good. The entire social-emotional learning framework is based on the critical race theory ideology.”

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, December 6th.
0:09.6	I'm Doug Blair.
0:10.6	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.9	On today's show, Doug talks with Jennifer McWilliams, an Indiana teacher who was fired
0:18.0	after she criticized critical race theory and social emotional learning in her local
0:23.0	school.
0:24.0	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a Florida
0:27.6	man who is using his love of fishing to mentor the next generation of strong young men.
0:33.0	Before we get to today's show, we have a very important announcement.
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