Character Education
School & District Management
Proof of Positive Effect Found for Only a Few Character Programs
The U.S. Department of Education gave “positive” ratings to just two of the programs and rated seven more as “potentially positive.”
Student Well-Being & Movement
Programs Impart Social Skills Along With Literacy
The Voices Reading program is an integrated method that draws on accumulating research that finds close connections between early-reading success and emotional development and behavior.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Writing About Values Found to Shrink Achievement Gap
A team of researchers has hit on a surprisingly simple way to potentially narrow the achievement gaps that widen between African-American and white students in middle school: Have students write for 15 minutes at the start of the school year on the values they cherish.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Federal File
In the Clubhouse
Golf champion Jack Nicklaus drew a packed audience to a hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on June 28 about efforts to build character through youth sports.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Researchers Urge Broad View on How to Build Character
The real-world experiments conducted by South Carroll students in this rapidly growing suburb west of Baltimore are intended to teach scientific principles while also dispensing significant life lessons about the environment and nature’s delicate balance. Such moral and ethical principles often go hand in hand with academic content, educators here say.
Education
Report Roundup
Character Education
To assist in setting up high school classes that “help students become both smart and good,” a report highlights nearly a hundred examples of character-centered lessons that focus on morals and ethics.
Curriculum
Report Roundup
Character Education Report Examines High Schools
To assist in setting up high school classes that “help students become both smart and good,” a report highlights nearly a hundred examples of character-centered lessons that focus on morals and ethics.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Why Teach Biography?
Educators can capitalize on students' natural interest in other peoples' lives, says Bernice Lerner, acting director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Honor Role
Students at the top of the academic heap should challenge what’s normally taken for granted, a parent argues.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Explainer
Character Education
This Education Week explainer covers character education, the formal teaching of morals and values in schools.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Value Added
A self-described rebel who was kicked out of school seems an unlikely candidate to teach kids values, but that's what Gene Doxey has done for years.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Teaching Social Awareness Through Reading
Research-based standards measuring the students' level of social awareness in connection with works of literature would benefit students and teachers, writes educator and author Robert L. Selman.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Nice Work
In an education world that is increasingly geared toward attaining high scores on standardized tests, a growing research base for character education programs shows benefits for students' social—and academic—skills. Includes "Research and Resources."
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Character Education: Our High Schools' Missing Link
The founder of Boston University's Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character argues in favor of the restoration of character education—the "missing link"—in the nation's public elementary and middle schools.