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 ...

When challenging student behavior arises, the instinct in many schools is to turn to discipline: assigning detention, suspension, or removal from class. But John Gasko, chief well-being officer at ...

At the United States Military Academy at West Point, our object is not only to teach cadets to be tactically skilled officers, but also to develop character—the constellation of psychological ...

When I was a boy, it seemed that everyone was deeply proud of America’s schools and the values of the students within them. You don’t hear much of that these days. When it comes to our kids, it seems ...

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, ...

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 ...

Students often know the right thing to do. How can schools help them to do it? The numbers are in and they don't look good." That was the assessment of the Josephson Institute of Ethics last October, ...

Wake Forest University has received more than $30 million in new funding from the Lilly Endowment Inc. for its Educating Character Initiative. As a result of that grant, Wake Forest will expand its ...

The historical perspective on the role of education in fostering virtue and character continues to hold relevance in today's society ow does civic education help build good character? The question is ...