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 ...

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 ...

Teaching students about respect and honesty doesn't make them any more respectful or honest, a recent national study says. The Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education ...

Learn to Live 5 is first in a series of online courses September 03, 2013 KANSAS CITY, MO. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the leader in character-driven ...

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, ...

Editor: Re: Character training draws critics, Aug. 27 Times. The County Commission's negative reaction to "Character First!" training demonstrates the very need for character training in our county ...

From the outside the bland, unmarked exterior of the Character Training Institute’s headquarters blends remarkably well into its immediate surroundings. This is a section of Oklahoma City that hasn’t ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: For more recent information on character education, please read our 2022 special report, Social-Emotional Learning: What Really Works In a large and growing number of schools around the ...

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, ...