ARTICLE: 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' provides SEL model

[Ryan Goble]

"Fred Rogers' "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" offers a model for social and emotional learning, some educators and experts say. Melissa Schlinger, a vice president of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, says "Mister Rogers" was unafraid to discuss emotions, while Peter DeWitt, an author and former principal, says the idea that students should have a voice was validated by the show."

Mr. Rogers modeled being kind and inclusive. Children and adults, alike, learn by modeling. Social-emotional learning: Won’t you be my model? | District Administration Magazine https://t.co/D05PEh4Ffb

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