Yael Kidron is the director of Character Education at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The last year in the news has stirred discussion about values such as tolerance, ...

Nineteen years ago, when my family moved from Ohio to Massachusetts, my daughter's new high school issued her a student handbook that was 26 pages long. After the front page, came 24 pages of student ...

In too many schools, character education has become a hodgepodge: drug-abuse prevention, conflict resolution, health education, social and emotional skills acquisition, athletics, and service-learning ...

Patrick F. Bassett, Paul D. Houston, and Rushworth M. Kidder’s Commentary “Building Character in Crisis” (July 15, 2009) describes 10 “schools of integrity,” independent schools identified for their ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the recent Conservative annual conference, Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan reiterated her party's commitment to a wide-ranging character education agenda. She said: "If we wish to use all the great ...