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Buddy Bench helps students put kindness into action at VA elementary school
The buddy bench at Jackson-Via Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia is catching on.
Lexington Crew builds moral character through service
Students at South Carolina’s Meadow Glen Middle School are learning the true meaning of good character through a “Crew” program designed to connect them with the community through meaningful service projects. The effort has not only helped to rebuild the community after devastating floods in 2015, but also
Small Town forms citizens . . . and Olympians
Karen Crouse set out to research Norwich, VT, for a book about athletic development. She ended up writing about an extraordinary town, where the residents have deep and meaningful practices for forming their children.
Students helped design new $43M school in partnership with Oracle
Students at Design Tech High School moved into a brand-new, high-tech, 64,000-square-foot building on the campus of software giant Oracle this month—a school they helped design over the last three years.
Las Vegas students focus on kindness, respect on anniversary of deadly shooting
On the one-year anniversary of a deadly shooting in Las Vegas, students in the Clark County School District are spending the week focused on kindness and respect.
PA students stage ‘Walk Up’ to highlight compassion, kindness during national student walkout
As students across the country walked out of class on March 14 to protest school violence and advocate for gun control, others took a different approach that seemingly targeted the root issues fueling deadly school shootings.
Student explains how her Christian faith supports strong character
Dinuba High School student Audrey Menard is will-known for her outstanding character, and she isn’t shy about explaining what drives her to stay kind and positive through life’s challenges.
PA principal focuses on building trust after student discipline scandals
Woodland Hills Junior-Senior High School principal Phillip K. Woods personally greeted students as they piled off the bus for the first day of class, hoping to set a new tone after a series of recent student discipline scandals.
‘Chess Queen of the South’ recognized for skills, character, leadership
Earle STEM Academy student Tamya Fultz started playing chess in sixth grade, and the next year she won Chicago Public Schools’ Academic Chess South Conference Playoffs with a perfect score.
230+ Islamic schools submit survey answers
New research offers a look into the structure and culture of Islamic schools in America, adding to similar analysis by the University of Virginia’s Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture and others. California Lutheran University School of Management professor Sabith Khan, and Shariq Siddiqui, executive director of the
Scripps Spellers and Social Ecology
National spelling bee champions are clearly talented kids. But a closer look reveals an important interplay of factors that have shaped their skills—and their moral character.
SRO says social media a danger to youth
The use of nonstop social media among middle school students, along with illegal drugs and alcohol, represents the major danger to youth, a Connecticut school resource officer said.