The Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development was created to engage and energize communities in re-envisioning learning to encompass its social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions so that all children can succeed in school, careers, and life. The Commission’s work drew on research and promising practices to recommend how to make all these dimensions of learning part of the fabric of every school and community.
The report addresses the full PreK-12 continuum, yet clearly embraces the values and vision of so much P-3 work.