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Canadian bus crash survivor may never walk again, but wants to do his part to improve the world
In mid-April, Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki woke up to a devastating sight – dozens of teammates and others lying dead and injured in the wreckage of the team bus along a Canadian highway.
David Brooks: surround people with strong love
New York Times columnist David Brooks discussed the “pressure points of character” during a School Leaders Roundtable at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture in March.
Family sues school officials for allegedly failing to stop bullying that led to son’s suicide
A civil jury in Saratoga County, New York is considering whether officials at Oliver W. Winch Middle School and South Glen Falls school district is liable for the suicide of a 13-year-old student who was relentlessly bullied.
OECD’s Schleicher: Ethics for an Age of Acceleration
In an age of acceleration, in which the human experience is faster and more disrupted than ever, ethics becomes even more important than it was in quieter times.
TN high school students create opportunities for others
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.
A Status Expert Tackles Bullying
It seems that we should be more than a little worried about bullying in American schools.
Social-emotional learning and achievement at Valor
Valor Collegiate Academies is crediting a sharp focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) for students’ astonishing academic success, which propelled its Tennessee schools to the top 1 percent of all middle schools in the state in its first year.
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.
Scholars on Schools: Interview with Richard Fournier on Rural Public High Schools
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.
Creating a Foundation for Success in Urban Schools
Cultivating a positive culture of learning
Core Virtues, Core Knowledge, and Literature as Inspiration
Mary Beth Klee has developed a “core virtues” character education program that draws on literature and Aristotle
VA’s Short Pump Middle School struggles with racism and bullying
Hundreds of parents and concerned citizens poured into a meeting last week at Short Pump Middle School to discuss a video of students on the school’s football team sexually bullying black teammates.