Students at two New Jersey primary schools are learning to care for people beyond their networks of friends and family by writing letters to hospitalized children.
Students at a Tennessee high school are using funds from a grant they won to identify community needs and to launch projects to achieve results.
Education officials in France recently banned mobile phones in elementary and middle schools starting next year, move educator minister Jean-Michel Blanquer frames as a “public health” issue.
Indiana’s State Board of Education recently voted to require students to demonstrate “employability skills” with service projects or receive college ready scores on entrance exams to graduate from high school.
A recent survey of 884 public school principals showed high rates of commitment to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), but low levels of understanding of how to encourage it or assess it.
As a school principal it can be difficult to quickly grasp how to handle a difficult situation. However, principal Karen Shaw had no doubts that she needed to do something for a student whose own mother referred to him as a "little sh**."
The National Hockey League recently awarded a Tampa Bay sports based youth development center with a check for $5,000 to help promote academics and character education through athletics.
At a time when so many are worried about the growing schisms in our country, Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to better help students understand the practices and institutions that bind them together.
Fifth-graders at South Davis Elementary School are rising to “Rachel’s Challenge” by spreading anti-bullying message through music.
Georgia landlord Margaret Stagmeier has found an “education model with a housing solution,” suggesting that community is essential to the success of students.
