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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Vouchers Spur Public Schools to Compete - Clint Green"Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others." — Marcus Tullius Cicero Read more... Want to build your child's self-esteem? - Tralee PearceTell them how ordinary they are. A growing body of research suggests that praising kids for their talent and intelligence doesn't help them achieve success -- it sets them up for disappointment. Read more... We're Scaring Our Children to Death - Peggy NoonanDuck-and-cover drills were never this frightening. Read more... Weaving Character Education into Language Arts - Betsy SteckerIf you are passionate about bringing character into your classroom, you'll want to find ways to integrate it into everyday academic instruction. I pursue that integration through my subject area, language arts (grades 5-8). Read more... What A Student Owes His Teacher - James V. Schall, S.J.Students have obligations to their teachers, obligations arising from the fact that the teacher-student relationship is primarily a spiritual relationship. Read more... What American Teenagers Believe - Christian Smith"Despite their abject failure at the level of conscious articulation of their faith, on every measure of life outcome — relationship with family, doing well at school, avoiding risk behaviors, everything — highly religious teens are doing much better than non-religious kids. It's just a remarkable observable difference. Somehow the religious teachings do sink in and make a significant difference in teens' moral worldview. Read more... What Do They Know of English… - Philip Hensher - The SpectatorIn the United Kingdom, writes Philip Hensher in "The Spectator", it was recently announced that Shakespeare is to be dropped in his entirety from the high school English curriculum. That leaves the study of a single novel as the sole compulsory element left in the curriculum. “What an education along these lines will produce was brought home to me recently in sobering fashion,” writes Hensher. Read more... What Do You Know? - Pete du PontAre our citizens enlightened enough to exercise the powers of our democracy? Read more... What in the World is Love?: A Reflection for the Young - Doug MacManamanBeing clear about the difference between genuine love and those other loves that are less stable can go a long way in maximizing a person's chances of having a successful marriage. Read more... What is Effective Character Education? - Thomas LickonaCan schools, while they have students in their charge, make an observable difference in their character — the degree to which they know, love, and do the good? That question we can answer: Good schools, like good families, do make a difference. That is a source of hope as we face the formidable challenge of renewing our moral culture. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 06-Jan-2009 - 14:49:44
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