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Kentucky high schoolers renovate historic school for senior service project
Seniors at Newport High School are connecting with their community while fulfilling their service project graduation requirement by renovating the city’s historic Southgate School to prep for a new Newport History Museum.
Reopening Our Schools While Strengthening Our Judgments—and Our Tolerance
The inevitable debates as schools reopen in the fall provide a chance for student civic formation
Analysis shows school violence on the rise, majority of incidents in just 10 states
A recent analysis by the Educator’s School Safety Network found incidents of school violence across the country, though more than half of the incident in the 2017-18 school year occurred in just 10 states.
Lutheran school builds leaders through student council
Many students at St. Paul’s Lutheran School have a natural inclination for leadership and responsibility, and a move to start the school’s first student council is providing formal opportunities for them to apply their skills.
10 Questions That Lead to Growth in School Culture
The answer to them will ultimately define and develop your positive culture in your school
The “Young Kings” of Ron Brown College Prep
A cooperation of EdWeek and National Public Radio has resulted in a three-episode profile of Ron Brown College Prep, an all-male public high school in Washington, DC. The result is a look at a public high school creating both a thick culture and a narrative of character.
Parents complain about student survey about bullying, violence and sex assault
Efforts in a South Carolina school to broach sexual assault and other sensitive subjects with students is meeting resistance from some parents who believe the discussions are better left at home.
Panel features students who evaded school-to-prison pipeline
Michigan students are speaking out about school discipline policies that tainted their view of education, and how adults in the system helped steer them away from the “school-to-prison” pipeline.
Students’ racist video sparks immediate reaction from NAACP, school officials
When leaders of Alabama’s Russell County/ Phenix City NAACP received a tip about a video of local students chanting racist lyrics, including the phrase “to hell with the NAACP,” it didn’t go over very well.
Is non-abuse what “good moral character” means?
It would seem that our public standards of “good moral character” are too low. In the case of Florida, where “good moral character” might once have meant being kind, loving, courageous, merciful, and wise, it now means that one hasn’t committed a heinous crime.
Literacy as a Tool for Humanity
Dr. Doretha Allen, NBCT, shares her love of Literacy and ways in which she extends that love to her students.
Throwing Elbows vs. ‘The Golden Half-Hour’
Engagement, modeling, and trust animate the approach to forming character at St. Thomas More Academy
