I publish a regular series called SEL Weekly Update, and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year.

You might also be interested in “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources.

I’ll be adding this list to All 2018 Mid-Year “Best” Lists – In One Place!

You might also be interested in A Collection Of My Best Resources On Student Motivation and My Best Posts On New Research Studies In 2018 – So Far.

And, then, of course, there’s last year’s list: The Best Social Emotional Learning Resources Of 2017

Here are my choices:

I’ve been long-concerned about The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning and what can often be its lack of connection to racial equity issues. The Aspen Institute just published a report raising those issues very eloquently: Pursuing Social and Emotional Development Through a Racial Equity Lens: A Call to Action. I have questioned the value of some of the reports Aspen has put out about SEL, but I think this one should be studied by every school that thinks they are emphasizing SEL at their site. I’m adding this info to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources.

The Golden State Warriors & Social Emotional Learning

Video: My Talk On Social Emotional Learning & The Common Core At The California Teachers Summit

A Look Back: Why Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough….

Carol Dweck’s New Response To Critiques Of Growth Mindset

Important Reminder That We Need To Praise Process To Support A Growth Mindset

Results Just Unveiled Of Big New Growth Mindset Study Co-Authored By A Ton Of Well-Known SEL Researchers

Great Clip From “Lady Bird” On A Growth Mindset

A Look Back: My Best Ever Growth Mindset Lesson

Study Finds That If Teachers Make Students “Feel Like They Matter,” Then Behavior Is Better – Who Would Have Thought?

What strategy is most useful in promoting self-efficacy in educators and in learners? is from Digital Promise. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.

What Educators Need to Know About Suicide: Contagion, Complicated Grief, and Supportive Conversations is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Helping Educators Learn About Suicide & Warning Signs.

Softening Claims of the Marshmallow Test is by Greg Toppo. This is the best piece out there on the newly “replicated” Marshmallow Test because it has a response from Walter Mischel. I’m adding it to My Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control.

Social and Emotional Learning for All: Access, Cultural Proficiency, and Cultural Responsiveness is from The Massachusetts Department of Education.

How Being Part of a ‘House’ Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging is from MindShift. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Small Learning Communities.

The Value of Failing is from The Atlantic. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.

Social and Emotional Learning Interventions Under the Every Student Succeeds Act is from Rand.

We’re Teaching Grit the Wrong Way is from The Chronicle of Higher Education. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About “Grit.”

How to Integrate Growth Mindset Messages Into Every Part of Math Class is from MindShift. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset.”

The Best Mentors Think Like Michelangelo is from The Harvard Business Review. There’s a lot of wisdom in it for teachers, much related to having high expectations students that correspond to students’ ideal vision of themselves.

‘When Are We Going to Use This?’ Strategies to Help Students Find Relevance in School Work appeared in Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The World.

An Important Piece of the Student Motivation Puzzle is a really good piece from Future Ed. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students and to The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The World.

Alabama proves that if schools don’t intervene, racist youth grow up to be racist adults is by Andre Perry. Here’s how he ends it:

The framing of the achievement gap ignores critical competencies that every student must demonstrate, and it also doesn’t reward those who have exhibited proficiency. This is where SEL advocates must show how schools can evaluate cross-cultural awareness and gender sensitivity. At the state, district and school level, we need curricula and programs that hold students to a high standard of appropriate social behavior — something that holds them accountable before they make it so close to Capitol Hill.

Latest ‘Star Wars’ Teaches The Value Of Failure is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.

Highly motivated kids have a greater advantage in life than kids with a high IQ is from Quartz. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.