Character Education
Student Well-Being
Opinion
How Teachers Can Find the Time for Social-Emotional Learning
We need to distill social-emotional and character education down to the most essential components, writes Hunter Gehlbach.
Reading & Literacy
Report Roundup
Character Education
Children are more likely to learn and apply character lessons from books that feature human characters than from stories using humanlike animals, finds a new study in the journal Developmental Science.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Self-Esteem Is Not a Hoax
The self-esteem egg comes before the integrity, courage and patriotism chicken, not to mention academic skills and knowledge. It's hard for students to build character and resilience when they have no self-concept. It's hard for them to learn, when they don't trust themselves or believe in their own capacity.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Teaching Students to Talk Across the Aisle
In preparing students for productive public discourse, educators must confront their own biases, writes Richard Weissbourd.
Student Well-Being
School and Local Librarians Recruit Furry Friends to Help Students Read
Dog-assisted reading programs are increasingly popular across the nation. Certified therapy dogs are helping make reading time and library visits a bit more exciting for kindergartners and 1st graders.
Student Well-Being
After Election, Students Express a Mix of Emotions
From celebrations to tears to taunts, feelings have run high in classrooms around the country, teachers report.
Education
Q&A With Joseph Gauld: Why Character Education Matters
Although Joseph Gauld has been an advocate of character education for decades, recent changes in K-12 federal policy may put a spotlight on his ideas.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Q&A With Joseph Gauld: Putting Student Character First
The Hyde Schools founder Joseph Gauld weighs in on the election, ESSA, and social-emotional learning with Education Week Commentary.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Ethics Education: A National Imperative
Ethics, particularly bioethics, offers an opportunity to both prepare students for difficult life decisions and deepen their academic engagement, writes Emory University's James Wagner.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Why I'm Tired of 'Grit'
The K-12 infatuation with "grit" offers an impractical and unfair model for education, writes educator James R. Delisle.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
College Admission 2.0: Service Over Self
In a new report, Ivy League admissions deans and others rethink what matters in prospective students, writes Richard Weissbourd.
Student Well-Being
Measuring Grit, Character Draw New Investments
The Walton Family Foundation is backing research on how to better measure noncognitive skills.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Education, Not Political Correctness, Is the Answer
Learning social skills by age 5 is associated with the absence of criminal behavior later in life, writes Paul Marx.
Student Well-Being
From Our Research Center
Survey: Student Success Calls for More Than Academic Skills
Educators agree that social-emotional learning is important, but teachers and school leaders have different perceptions about how well students are faring.