Throughout his now-famous “Last Lecture,” the late Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Randy Pausch talked about what he called the “head fake.” It is the idea that learning and ...

We are advocates for character education. We believe that it is essential to students’ future success and also to a healthy, humane society. And so we are heartened that character education is now ...

CARLISLE — Carlisle Area School Board voted 7-0 Thursday night to launch a pilot character education project in the district’s Wilson Middle School this year. The “Character Strong” program has been ...

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 ...

Minnesota will spend $1.5 million to finance "character education" programs in public schools designed to reinforce basic values like being on time and telling the truth. "I think (character education ...

Louisville, Kentucky, public school teacher Paul Barnwell was distressed by his 11th-grade students’ response to this hypothetical moral quandary: “If your significant other commits a felony where ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human life is not a calm, still lake; rather, it is a vast and often storm-tossed sea. In this sea, favourable winds sometimes blow, while at other times sudden cyclones disrupt everything and throw ...