SEL: The Delivery Mechanism for Critical Race Theory

Read this excellent article, SEL: The Delivery Mechanism for Critical Race Theory, by Jennifer McWilliams

SEL uses a culturally responsive framework, coined by critical race theorist Gloria Ladson-Billings. Culturally responsive teaching requires “students to develop a critical consciousness through which they challenge the status quo of the current social order” through focus on a variety of so-called “competencies” ready to be developed in children. However, this framework leads to their manipulation.