“Please take a look at today’s workshop target and tell me if you have a specific notice or a wonder about it.” John Exall was introducing his sixth-grade class to its next “ex­pedition,” a ...
Many school administrators are realizing character education, once thought of as an intrusion on the school day, can actually help students perform better. A growing body of research supports its ...
There is a growing consensus among pediatricians, psychologists and educators that the youth are not OK. But the absence of mental illness is not the same as well-being. The real goal should be to ...
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has developed the Framework for Character Education to guide the development of the Center’s educational programs for children and youth ages five to 18 years.
I have personally witnessed how our schools can improve both the minds and the hearts of our students. While academic achievement should remain a central focus in public education, it is time to ...
There is a character education movement in America coming from colleges and universities of every size, research type and timezone. It’s not the first thought that comes to mind about higher education ...
Education is the soul of a nation made visible . If schools fail to shape character, nations fail to sustain democracy .
In too many schools, character education has become a hodgepodge: drug-abuse prevention, conflict resolution, health education, social and emotional skills acquisition, athletics, and service-learning ...
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, ...
Five Japanese professors visited SUNY Cortland on Nov. 7 to learn how to bring character education into their country’s classrooms. Two faculty members from Hiroshima University, two from Okayama ...
Some Texas legislators are pushing to incorporate character education into the curriculum of Kindergarten through fifth grade students. The effort is in response to the recent rash of school shootings ...