During the summer of 2005, Martin Seligman convened a meeting of the world’s leading experts in the emerging field of positive psychology. Held at the University of Pennsylvania, Seligman dubbed the ...

Virtue does the opposite. Virtue produces independence. It creates long horizons. It resists impulse and resents manipulation. It can' [t be hurried or easily intimidated. So virtue must be reframed ...

The John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship announced that it has been awarded $50,000 from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) at The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest ...

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 ...

Marrington Elementary School's character education program is called “Virtue of the Month.” Each month, the teachers select a child that best demonstrates a specific character virtue taught in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Character Council of Western New York knows those virtues might not be as common as they used to be, and it quietly spreads the word that building good character is a worthy endeavor. But don't ...