We all have a set of values (strongly-held beliefs) that influence how we behave. Parents play an important role in determining what those values are going to be for their children. Different parents ...
“Schools and teachers don’t get to choose whether they teach values. Schools and teachers are always affecting values by, for example, what they decide to praise and punish, how fairly they balance ...
American education is in the midst of a crisis — something concerned parents all over the country know well. Far more complex and troubling than today's declining test scores, the K-12 crisis involves ...
They are like partially filled vessels that each of us have the opportunity to fill. What we put into each of them is what makes a difference — for better or for worse — in their lives. To me, ...
The boys were circled around the fire pit as they heard my son share a story of how important it was to be a man of integrity. As he opened the conversation up for the guys to ask questions, these ...
They are like partially filled vessels that each of us have the opportunity to fill. What we put into each of them is what makes a difference - for better or for worse - in their lives. To me ...
In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as ...
The Ministry of Education (Minerd) launched the “Dominicans at 100%” campaign this Tuesday as part of the country’s patriotic trimester, with the goal of promoting civic and patriotic values within ...
What’s happening to our value system? One way to lose credibility in our society is to come across as a doomsday prophet. Preachers and prophets have been predicting the crumbling of society for so ...
The New York Board of Rabbis, representing 750 Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish clergymen, voted yesterday to seek appointments with Mayor Wagner, the Board of Education and the Board of ...