Northwest Middle School takes on new year with ‘social-emotional learning’. (2019, August 08). Retrieved August 9, 2019.

Northwest Middle School in Knoxville, Tenn., dedicates about 20 minutes each morning to activities that help students improve social and emotional learning. Teachers say they focus on developing traits in students such as empathy, problem-solving and community that will serve them in the real world as well as in class.