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Questions remain about role of Albemarle’s Social Emotional Learning coaches — Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Pexels

Your School's Emotional Coach Is a Distraction

Your School's Emotional Coach Is a Distraction In April 2020, UNESCO estimated that 1.6 billion students were out of school, prompting districts like Albemarle to launch SEL coaches as a pandemic-era fix. The emotional coach model, however, functions more as a distraction than a direct academic booster