Foreword : social and emotional learning : critical skills for building healthy schools / Linda Darling-Hammond -- Introduction : the uncommon core / Timothy Shriver and Jennifer Buffett -- Social and emotional learning : past, present, and future / Roger P. Weissberg, Joseph A. Durlak, Celene E. Domitrovich, and Thomas P. Gullotta -- Applying theory to the development of approaches to SEL / Marc A. Brackett, Nicole A. Elbertson, and Susan E. Rivers -- Integrating SEL with related prevention and youth development approaches / Maurice J. Elias, Larry Leverett, Joan Cole Duffell, Neil Humphrey, Cesalie Stepney, and Joseph Ferrito -- Culture and social and emotional competencies / Michael L. Hecht and YoungJu Shin -- The neuroscience of SEL / Clancy Blair and C. Cybele Raver -- The potential effects of SEL on biomarkers and health outcomes : a promissory note / Mark T. Greenberg, Deirdre A. Katz, and Laura Cousino Klein -- The economic case for SEL / Damon Jones, Mark T. Greenberg, and Max Crowley -- Financing and funding for SEL initiatives / Olga Acosta Price -- SEL programs for preschool children / Karen L. Bierman and Mojdeh Motamedi -- SEL in elementary school settings : identifying mechanisms that matter / Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman and Chris S. Hulleman -- A review of classroom-based SEL programs at the middle school level / Robert J. Jagers, Alexis Harris, and Alexandra Skoog -- SEL programs in high school / Ariel A. Williamson, Kathryn L. Modecki, and Nancy G. Guerra -- SEL in higher education / Colleen S. Conley -- SEL for students with high-incidence disabilities / Andrew L. Wiley and Gary N. Siperstein -- SEL and student-teacher relationships / Amanda P. Williford and Catherine Sanger Wolcott -- The role of school-family partnership programs for promoting student SEL / S. Andrew Garbacz, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagné, and Susan M. Sheridan -- After-school programming and SEL / Thomas P. Gullotta -- SEL programs for juvenile justice settings and populations / Patrick H. Tolan, Emily Nichols, and Nicole DuVal -- Assessment of SEL in educational contexts / Susanne A. Denham -- Systems for assessing and improving students' social skills to achieve academic competence / Stephen N. Elliott, Jennifer R. Frey, and Michael Davies -- Challenges and opportunities in the direct assessment of children's social and emotional comprehension / Clark McKown -- Using formative assessment with SEL skills / Robert J. Marzano -- Assessment of climate and conditions for learning / Mark Garibaldi, Sally Ruddy, Kimberly Kendziora, and David Osher -- Assessing organizational readiness / Shannon B. Wanless, Christine J. Groark, and Bridget E. Hatfield -- Indicators of effective SEL practice / Sam Redding and Herbert J. Walberg -- What everyone should know about implementation / Joseph A. Durlak -- SEL and preservice teacher education / Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl, Jennifer L. Hanson-Peterson, and Shelley Hymel -- Inservice preparation for educators / Patricia A. Jennings and Jennifer L. Frank -- Developing socially, emotionally, and cognitively competent school leaders and learning communities / Janet Patti, Peter Senge, Claudia Madrazo, and Robin S. Stern -- SEL and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports / George G. Bear, Sara A. Whitcomb, Maurice J. Elias, and Jessica C. Blank -- Taking SEL to scale in schools : the role of community coalitions / Abigail A. Fagan, J. David Hawkins, and Valerie B. Shapiro -- Systemic support for SEL in school districts / Amy Kathryn Mart, Roger P. Weissberg, and Kimberly Kendziora -- Accountability and SEL programs : the getting to outcomes® approach / Annie Wright, Andrea Lamont, Abraham Wandersman, David Osher, and Eric S. Gordon -- Current and potential uses of technology to enhance SEL : what's now and what's next? / Robin S. Stern, Tucker B. Harding, Allison A. Holzer, and Nicole A. Elbertson -- The case for preschool through high school state learning standards for SEL / Linda A. Dusenbury, Jessy Zadrazil Newman, Roger P. Weissberg, Paul Goren, Celene E. Domitrovich, and Amy Kathryn Mart -- Federal policy initiatives and children's SEL / Martha Zaslow, Bonnie Mackintosh, Sarah Mancoll, and Sarah Mandell -- International perspectives on SEL / Catalina Torrente, Anjali Alimchandani, and J. Lawrence Aber -- Afterword : making SEL work for all children / James Comer -- Afterword : the future of SEL / Daniel Goleman.