Emotional Intelligence Curricula in Massachusetts Schools: Great, But Too Late?

Constructing a foundation of emotional success is now widely understood to provide the building blocks toward academic and life-long success. Nine school districts in Massachusetts, in apparent recognition of the outcomes that such instruction can bring, recently collaborated to implement emotional intelligence curricula for their students. While our state should be commended for being cognizant […]
Teaching the Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence

The launch of the Housman Institute comes amid growing awareness of the importance of teaching the building blocks of emotional intelligence from birth. Supported through our ongoing research and teacher training, our flagship program begin to ECSEL promotes the growth in early childhood of critical developmental constructs, namely emotional competence, self-regulation, and associated pro-social skills […]