Though schools have always been a safe haven for children, they, too, face many challenges as our society and economy continue to change. The TRUE Initiative, a Saginaw-based organization, is helping ...

Q: Our 4-year-old daughter has a sweet personality and the whole extended family has been doting on her since she was born. She loves being the center of attention and “performs” on cue if given the ...

It’s important for teachers to find ways to teach social-emotional learning and character development to help their students build the skills necessary to process the events of 2020 and to persevere ...

State lawmakers could start requiring students to learn character traits such as honesty, kindness and school pride as a part of their lesson plans. The price tag to school districts and public ...

Aristotle TAUGHT his students the importance of managing their emotions. John Dewey, an early 20th-century reformer, sparked the idea that teachers must educate the “whole child”. For decades wealthy ...

January invites reflection—on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and the values that guide us along the way. At ...

The foundation was started by the family of a Marine killed in Iraq. The development of a "good" and honorable character is "perhaps the central task of any civilized society," columnist Richard ...

Louisville’s Allison and Luke Johanson watched a PBS woodworking show that mentioned Sloyd, a Scandinavian program that uses woodworking to teach character traits, and wanted to try it with their own ...