The Moral Implications of Social and Emotional Learning
Jay Greene argues that SEL’s moral and religious dimensions are essential, and that efforts to downplay those are likely to render SEL ineffective.
Social-Emotional Learning: What It Is, What It Isn’t, And What We Know
Effective programming focuses on concrete, teachable skills
The Character Assessment Initiative (Charassein)
A new initiative aims to define, develop, and validate measures of what have often been called non-cognitive skills, but we think are more accurately described as character traits.
Is Character Education the Answer?
Developing teenagers’ self-regulation may require something other than parables, slogans, inspirational banners, and encouragement from compassionate teachers.
Behind the Headline: Barack Obama vs. the Culture of Poverty
Two giants of the blogosphere, Jonathan Chait of New York magazine and Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic, have been engaging in an epic debate this month over the concept of “the culture of poverty.”
Reform Agenda Gains Strength
The 2012 EdNext-PEPG survey finds Hispanics give schools a higher grade than others do
High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social Studies Teachers Think and Do
Remarkably little has been written about the state of citizenship education in our schools. Pollsters/analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett have delivered an invaluable service in their new study “High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social Studies Teachers Think and Do.”
An Appeal to Authority
The new paternalism in urban schools
Civics Exam
Schools of choice boost civic values
From Aristotle to Angelou
Best practices in character education
Tug of War
The Right wants schools to inculcate civic values. So does the Left. Which is why the public schools should avoid civic education altogether
Vote Early, Vote Often
The role of schools in creating civic norms
