CultureFeed Archives
NJ students write to hospitalized children
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.
Building a Culture of Learning with Gifted/Talented Students and Families
We have the opportunity to ignite endless potential
A community-wide effort to ingrain shared values into local culture, curricula
New Providence Character Award presented: “Our character education is based on integrity, fairness, respect and responsibility.”
NHL: The Skills Center keeping kids out of the penalty box
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.
Mentorship makes the difference
A New Jersey middle school student went from getting D’s and F’s to getting A’s with the help of a writing mentor.
France to expand ban on phones in schools
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.
Principals fight ‘losing battle’ against negative influences of social media in schools
A new Education Week survey of principals across the United States shows many are struggling to control the negative impact of student social media use on the learning environment.
Texas middle-schoolers focus on leadership, service work, and financial responsibility
At Texas’ White Oak Middle School, students are learning about leadership, setting goals, career opportunities, and service work.
Lack of courage at the heart of nation’s political crises
In a passionate piece in The Atlantic that criticizes all corners of our current political world, Eliot A. Cohen diagnoses us all as suffering from a character crisis. While there are many “forces and phenomena in play,” he writes, “it is character that remains the issue that confronts us in almost every story about national politics . . . “
NC fifth-graders’ message of hope inspires CA students displaced by wildfires, mudslides
When fifth-graders at The Raleigh School in North Carolina learned about students displaced by wildfires and mudslides in California, they wanted to do something to lift their spirits.
Value and Valedictorians
The price of academic honors: how schools, teachers, and students are navigating class rank
Disabled National Honor Society grad explains how a new school changed his life trajectory
Charlottesville High School senior Julian Smith has had a lot of struggles in life, but with the persistence of his aunt and teachers at the Virginia school he graduated as a member of the National Honor Society in June – a feat some thought he’d never accomplish.
