CARLISLE — Carlisle Area School Board voted 7-0 Thursday night to launch a pilot character education project in the district’s Wilson Middle School this year. The “Character Strong” program has been ...

In the library at Fields Road Elementary School, Michelle Vitale's fourth-graders buzzed among tables laid out with pieces of paper, each labeled with the name of a classmate. These are "compliment ...

We often imagine computational thinking as an esoteric skill; something for scientists and engineers, and not for the rest of us. As content director of the new PBS Kids series Work It Out Wombats!, ...

There is a growing consensus among pediatricians, psychologists and educators that the youth are not OK. But the absence of mental illness is not the same as well-being. The real goal should be to ...

With his recent executive order promoting artificial intelligence in public education, President Donald Trump has given parents a gift: a chance to reflect on the role that AI should play in the lives ...

In his timely follow-up to the definitive Educating for Character, Lickona plucks the burden of moral corruption from society at large and plants it squarely in the laps of parents and teachers. He ...

I have personally witnessed how our schools can improve both the minds and the hearts of our students. While academic achievement should remain a central focus in public education, it is time to ...

When challenging student behavior arises, the instinct in many schools is to turn to discipline: assigning detention, suspension, or removal from class. But John Gasko, chief well-being officer at ...

Now in her 26th year of teaching, Pocono Mountain East's Becky Jo Baker finds there's more focus on character education and ...