This is a lightly edited transcript of an interview conducted on April 23, 2019, with sociologist Patricia Maloney.

In this full-length interview and accompanying transcript, sociologist Patricia Maloney addresses issues like these: • The vast differences between charter schools and how they seek to form character • Why a relational approach to education can be a double-edged sword • The careful dance of teaching cultural capital

Vaping is on the rise among teens, and so is vaping-related lung disease. How could a higher vision help?

This is a lightly edited transcript of an interview conducted on August 13, 2019, with educator Joshua Gibbs, who speaks candidly about his journey from "con artist" to classical teacher. Also—why pop culture lets us down and how teachers can help students “become old.”

As students head back to school, we repost our signature piece on character formation, and why the loftiest-sounding goal is the one you’re already achieving.

“I was something of a scam who was forced to become authentic to keep food on the table.”

History, argues educator and author Joshua Gibbs, is a story of heroes and villains. Rather than a mere retelling of facts, history should be used as a powerful tool to teach virtue, defined by Gibbs as “a quality of excellence in a human being” such as wisdom, courage, temperance, and...

What Marcus Nelson's fall from grace tells us about character in light of extraordinary success

In this short clip, education researcher Richard Fournier talks to CultureFeed Editor Joanna Breault about the ethos of “school as family” found in many rural public schools—a culture that can result in both positive and negative effects.

In this short clip, sociologist Jeffrey Dill talks to CultureFeed Editor Joanna Breault about two educational frameworks that frequently guide homeschooling families—and how those frameworks impact character formation in a homeschool setting.