Fayetteville Public Schools is implementing the Choose Love curriculum in each school. The Choose Love program emphasizes social and emotional learning (SEL). The program focuses on four important character values - courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion - which cultivate optimism, resilience, and personal responsibility. Scarlett Lewis, the program's founder, is a native of Fayetteville

Recently, a national report was published titled, "From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope." The report states "The promotion of social, emotional, and academic learning is not a shifting educational fad; it is the substance of education itself." A new website has been created to support educators with the implementation of the Choose Love program.