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 ...

Baldwinsville, NY -- At the start of this school year, McNamara Elementary School in Baldwinsville revised its character education program by adding an academic component to support learning while ...

LAWRENCE — Character.org, an advocate for character development in schools and organizations, recognized Eldridge Park Elementary School and Lawrence High School for their “LHS Cardinal Mentors for ...

MIDDLETOWN — Teacher and coach Mark Kerns has gone more than the extra mile in his effort to start a character education program in Middletown. About 200 or so to be exact. Kerns and coach Keith ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...