Children who were helpful and shared in kindergarten were more likely to have graduated college and have a full-time job at age 25. Emotional skills can be taughtTo conduct the study, researchers from Penn State University and Duke University looked at teacher evaluations of kindergartners' social competency skills, which were conducted in 1991. Each student was then given an overall score to rate their positive skills and behavior, with zero representing the lowest level and four for students who demonstrated the highest level of social skills and behavior. First, there's a message to educators that social and emotional learning can be just as important as cognitive skills. Dickens was not involved in the new kindergarten study but said she wanted to shout the findings "from the rooftop."

Source: CNN November 14, 2016 04:26 UTC