Five Japanese professors visited SUNY Cortland on Nov. 7 to learn how to bring character education into their country’s classrooms. Two faculty members from Hiroshima University, two from Okayama ...

As we continue to debate the direction of K-12 education, it is important to recognize that there is more to preparing students for success than just teaching them how to read, write and do math.

I have personally witnessed how our schools can improve both the minds and the hearts of our students. While academic achievement should remain a central focus in public education, it is time to ...

The basic character education lessons of SUNY Cortland’s Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility) translate well regardless of the language. And it seems foreign countries are ...

Classical and character-based education may seem to some antiquated concepts in the new AI-driven world. However, two recent and prominent AI developments definitively prove the opposite to be true.

Acceptance, empathy, kindness and respect were the values emphasized during the annual Chiefs Challenge Character Education Day at Berner Middle School. Students heard powerful messages from guest ...

In classrooms around the world, educators strive to nurture not only students’ academic skills but also the qualities that help them thrive more generally as dynamic people, namely character strengths ...

The Sarasota County School Board is expected to suspend its state-mandated character education program at a meeting Tuesday, calling it a "distraction" following criticism from a group of parents ...

Previously I wrote about Mr. Sharp's 4th grade classroom and the character strength Power Pyramids the students had constructed (Pyramids of Power). Well, I finally had the privilege of actually ...

Between 1924 and 1927, Mark A. May and the Reverend Hugh Hartshorne conducted the Character Education Inquiry under the direction of E.L. Thorndike. This resulted in three volumes on the empirical ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Between 1924 and 1927, Mark A. May ...

A recent school shooting in Minneapolis highlights a pattern of violence against children in the U.S. Increased anxiety and a loss of social skills among students are identified as contributing ...