The skyline of the University of Kansas is pictured. The University of Kansas is ramping up its efforts to promote five specific character traits in students and staff, and it now has a nearly ...

Wake Forest University has announced that the Lilly Endowment has awarded it a five-year $30.7 million grant to support the university’s emphasis on the study of character and also create a national ...

ABILENE, Texas — Parents will soon have the opportunity to enroll in a "Bible-based character education" program called LifeWise Academy. According to a press release from LifeWise Academy, the ...

Social-emotional learning (SEL) in K-12 education faces growing political scrutiny in the US, prompting some districts to ...

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 ...

When most people think of engineering courses, they imagine complex equations or intricate machines. To Rich Eva, director of the Pratt School of Engineering’s Character Forward Initiative, ...

There is a growing consensus among pediatricians, psychologists and educators that the youth are not OK. But the absence of mental illness is not the same as well-being. The real goal should be to ...

Our nation has seen many cultural and lifestyle changes over the past 15 months, prompting our society to self-reflect on everything from social norms to social justice to educational priorities. In ...

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 ...

Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 88, No. 2, Character Education: Introduction, Evolution, and Current Trends (2013), pp. 159-179 (21 pages) Academic dishonesty among high school students has long ...