Project Academy purpose is to make the community a better place to live and to work by providing an environment for our students and young adults learning tools to help integrate into the community. If your mission fits that we would love to share our thoughts with you.
Does learning Social and Emotional (SEL) tools help? Columbia University’s Center for Cost-Benefit Analysis conducted a research study to answer this very question. Researchers performed a cost-benefit analysis on six prominent SEL programs, chosen both because of their wide use in schools and to ensure a diversity of student populations, goals, and outcome measures. Outcomes included higher lifetime earnings, improved health (mental and physical), and reduced juvenile crime. The study found that across all of the interventions analyzed, benefits outweighed the costs of the programs by a ratio of 11:1. This means that for every $1 spent on effective SEL programming, the return on investment is $11 in long-term benefits to students, schools and communities. by: Meaghan Dunham">Meaghan Dunham | March 16th, 2017