CultureFeed Archives
Value and Valedictorians
The price of academic honors: how schools, teachers, and students are navigating class rank
High school freshman helps friend having a seizure
It’s a moment many of us dread: happening unexpectedly upon a friend who is in the midst of a medical emergency. Jacquise Richardson, a freshman at Jemison High School in Huntsville, AL, found himself in just that situation. He calmly and decisively helped a friend who was having a seizure, and Richardson’s teachers are now praising him for his timely actions.
A Status Expert Tackles Bullying
It seems that we should be more than a little worried about bullying in American schools.
Defining Character: What (Part 1)
How are America’s high schools helping to form their students’ moral character? It’s a question that implicitly raises another: What do we mean by character?
High school students lead anti-bullying program in Ohio
Mentor Public Schools in Ohio are using a unique approach to bullying and mentorship as part of a nationwide program in partnership with the nonprofit Stick Together, and companies Duct Tape and Avon.
Formation in the Trenches: Melinda Mahand
Academic Dean Melinda Mahand explains how a little book by John Milton inspired the vision for character formation at Franklin Classical School. Ancient texts—like the Bible and the chivalric code—serve as sources for Franklin’s definition of what virtue is and how to live it out.
Small interventions point to the power of school culture
Three recent studies in social psychology show evidence that small interventions that “concentrate on a single core belief” may have outsize influence. These point to the importance of crafting school culture.
Civics and Comparative Religion Belong in Public School, Survey Says
Sociologist Jeffrey Guhin weighs in on the recent PDK poll, suggesting alternatives for increasing civic engagement
Students step up to change classmate’s life with service dog
Members of East High School’s Key Club saw an opportunity to change a fellow student’s life, and they’re making it happen.
Indiana votes to require ’employability skills’
Indiana’s State Board of Education recently voted to require students to demonstrate “employability skills” with service projects or receive college ready scores on entrance exams to graduate from high school.
Viral video spotlights bullying problem
A candid video of a Tennessee 6th-grader reflecting on the cruelty of his school tormentors has sparked a massive groundswell of support, from a GoFundMe campaign in his honor, to celebrity shout-outs and talk show appearances.
Growing opioid epidemic highlights cultural problems plaguing schools, communities
Experts believe the opioid epidemic gripping the United States and Canada will likely only get worse in the foreseeable future, fueled in large part by a breakdown in community and family support systems.
