“…In relationship with others, including peers and teachers, social and emotional skills allow students to engage in positive reciprocal relationships, engage in perspective-taking, display empathy, and engage in civic problem solving and democratic decision-making tasks. Given the intertwined nature of cognitive, social, and emotional domains, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills are best incorporated holistically as part of a whole school design process that involves teacher and peer interactions, curricula, family involvement, and community resources (Berg et al, 2017;Hillygus & Holbein, 2023;Weissberg et al, 2015). In addition to these skills being related to academic achievement and student well-being, experimental studies and those using survey and administrative data find that intrapersonal and interpersonal skills are also positively associated with democratic engagement outcomes such as voting and volunteering.…”