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Alternative thinking about student discipline in schools
Schools across the country, and California in particular, are rethinking school discipline in an effort to reduce suspensions for black students, both through restorative justice programs and policy changes focused on keeping unruly students in school.
MT teens learn real life lessons through student-run business
Sidney Fox, coach for the Little Braves basketball team, asked local high schoolers to design and print team shirts with a logo created by his father, but he wasn’t sure what to expect.
Teachers key to NY school’s ‘National School of Character’ award
Lancaster’s Como Park Elementary is the only school in Western New York, and one of only four in the state, to win recognition as a “National School of Character” from the nonprofit Character.org.
CultureFeed: Nine Million Reasons Why
“We shape culture,” states CultureFeed, the Foundation’s new website, “and culture shapes us.”
Principal employs child whose mother disparaged him
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**.”
Library reaches out with gratitude tree
The Healdsburg Regional Library is offering students a unique way to show their gratitude, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune time.
Act of kindness during PE class sets off ‘chain reaction’ in NE community
A single act of spontaneous kindness at Gering Junior High School recently sparked a chain reaction that’s snowballing into something much bigger in the rural Nebraska community.
Anarchy and anonymity: new study finds reasons for cyberbullying
Research from the United Kingdom shows that young people bully each other online because they think of the Internet as a place of no rules, where they are free to do whatever they want—and because they can easily conceal their identity.
The Same Page
What some schools are doing to shore up reinforcement at home—and why it matters for character formation
Catholic student launches charity for the homeless
Not long ago, Ashton Brown was struggling with his Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, getting in trouble at school as his symptoms continued to get “worse and worse,” said Jacqui Brown, the 11-year-old’s mother.
Elite mountaineer designs adventure-based experiential learning
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Lt. Col. Rob Marshall is leading a new way of forming character in young cadets that’s pushing them out of their comfort zones and forcing them to apply what they learn in the outdoors.
Study: Link between bullying and mental health issues
A new study confirms the link between children who are bullied and mental health issues later in life, and many of the proposed remedies focus more on the effects rather than the cause of the problem.
