When I ask the boys to work hard, have fun, and take care of each other, I'm really asking them to engage in the process of becoming good citizens and people. I assist in this process by teaching ...

“Focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character that our students will need to ...

ST. LOUIS — Dr. Richard Overfelt's teaching style comes from a different kind of lesson plan. Dancing, singing, marching and the whacking of cymbals are all part of a formula he says is aimed at ...

If you follow fads in education, you probably know that what passes for “character education” in this country is now dominated by the teaching of “grit,” helping students learn how to ...

I’m not a particular fan of KIPP, but I think the criticism is unwarranted. The essence is that the new character education ignores morals, values and ethics by making individual success the No ...

The issue of teaching character, which until now has mainly been debated within the ivory towers of academia, is suddenly all the rage in policy circles in the UK, in the wake of the report by the ...