School performance is one of the first order issues in the educational scenario. Thus, managing emotions to develop a good academic index is of vital importance for contemporary Colombian schools, which is why the purpose of this paper is to analyze what has been researched on the relationship between emotion management and school performance. As for the methodology, work was done under the qualitative perspective of documentary approach, in this sense different platforms were accessed to obtain the required information. Reading cards were also used to reserve the relevant data of the selected research. The authors were approached from three essential categories and having as a central line the link between emotions and school. The ideas of the researchers worked on were compared and it was possible to see the coincidences and differences in the conceptual references handled by them.  It was concluded that the relationship between emotions and academic level in education is of vital importance to achieve degrees of excellence and contribute to the proper functioning of the school. In addition, it forges the identity, personality, feelings, values, norms and cognition in children in Colombian education.