Using texts, projects, and classroom policies, some English teachers encourage self-reflection and teach social ...
It is important as parents that we value and emphasize positive character development in our children. Character training starts at home and should start early. The best opportunities for teaching ...
Yael Kidron is the director of Character Education at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The last year in the news has stirred discussion about values such as tolerance, ...
Throughout his now-famous “Last Lecture,” the late Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Randy Pausch talked about what he called the “head fake.” It is the idea that learning and ...
WORCESTER — A new report from the Pioneer Institute highlights Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School’s success in teaching “character education” to students. Defined in the paper as education aimed ...
Boston Washington, DC, teacher Lelac Almagor says that the formulaic progressivist approach schools use to “character education” is self-undermining. The idea is that schools need to teach poor kids, ...
Just seeing the word "bravery" atop his regular progress reports makes 12-year-old Ismael Lopez stand a little taller. It surprised the quiet, deliberate sixth-grader that the character trait showed ...
Dr. Marvin Oxenham believes the future of theological education must not only rest on academic excellence or professional competence but also on something more personal and transformative: the ...
The debate over how to improve K-12 public education in America has long been highly charged and contentious, but in recent years, it’s taken on a polarizing either or mentality. Charter schools or ...