SEFFNER, Fla. -- In the auditorium of Florida's Seffner Elementary, Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch has the undivided attention of dozens of students. "The Medal of Honor is about a different ...

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 ...

I've been thinking a lot about Character Education. A few decades back, I began seeing colorful Character Education posters in schools. It was part of a curriculum that promoted the basic character ...

In too many schools, character education has become a hodgepodge: drug-abuse prevention, conflict resolution, health education, social and emotional skills acquisition, athletics, and service-learning ...

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Teaching elementary students team-building skills can be both fun and beneficial for their social development. According to information supplied by New River Primary in Oak Hill, it is a great way to ...

Throughout his now-famous “Last Lecture,” the late Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Randy Pausch talked about what he called the “head fake.” It is the idea that learning and ...

A sharp look at 'The Road to Character' reveals ten uncomfortable truths about pride, ambition, suffering and self-control.

Fort Bend ISD schools will offer character education lessons in the wake of an "especially polarizing" election, Superindent Charles Dupre wrote in a letter to parents, students and staff. The letter ...

The 40-Minute Lesson Plan is essential elements of the CBL lesson plan. We suggest the teacher reads aloud or uses an audio book for the reading portion. 40-min includes: Background, Wordwall, Key ...