Newsletter

By Heather CazadDirector, Communications; Director, National Forum at Character.org On this Thanksgiving Week, I want to reflect on the people...

By Mary Uenking, TeachKind Assistant, Education and Outreach for PETA Many curricula already include units about animals with lessons on their...

Hodge Elementary School, MO The Character Council at Hodge worked together to raise money for the Open Door Animal Shelter in Jefferson...

By Charlie Abourjilie, Western Guilford High School I think every school I have ever worked in, and every district and/or state department of...

By Dr. Jacques Benninga, Director of the Bonner Center for Character and Civic Education at California State University, Fresno I have been...

By Paul Hussman, Counselor at Parkway Central High School The subject of student motivation is an extremely complex one. In an ideal world, it...

By Terri Power, Principal at St. Cyril of Alexandria School In his article, “Do Educators Exaggerate the Harm of Extrinsic...

By Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker, Tufts University Long before COVID’s disruption of youth sport, rigorous academic research and convincing life...

By David Holmes, Executive Director of the Character Collaborative College admission will be vastly different in the current academic year and,...

By Sherryann Sylvestre, Counselor at Union Academy Charter School (NC) Increasingly, colleges have been taking a more “holistic”...

By Amanda Finke, Senior at West Milford High School Living in a time where we can’t predict what is going to happen tomorrow is difficult....

By Greg MacDonald, Vice President of Enrollment Management for Lafayette College In support of the David Holmes essay for Character.org, and an...