The MetroWest YMCA has been awarded a grant to enhance its character development programs at its summer camps.

Just seeing the word "bravery" atop his regular progress reports makes 12-year-old Ismael Lopez stand a little taller. It surprised the quiet, deliberate sixth-grader that the character trait showed ...

Many school administrators are realizing character education, once thought of as an intrusion on the school day, can actually help students perform better. A growing body of research supports its ...

Students often know the right thing to do. How can schools help them to do it? The numbers are in and they don't look good." That was the assessment of the Josephson Institute of Ethics last October, ...

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 ...

It is important as parents that we value and emphasize positive character development in our children. Character training starts at home and should start early. The best opportunities for teaching ...

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 ...

We are advocates for character education. We believe that it is essential to students’ future success and also to a healthy, humane society. And so we are heartened that character education is now ...

My sister is a speech-language pathologist who trains patients to develop new neural pathways during rehabilitation for various brain injuries. Learning from her over the years has taught me much ...