“Schools and teachers don’t get to choose whether they teach values. Schools and teachers are always affecting values by, for example, what they decide to praise and punish, how fairly they balance ...

In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as ...

We all have a set of values (strongly-held beliefs) that influence how we behave. Parents play an important role in determining what those values are going to be for their children. Different parents ...

In the last 70 years, educators have gone from expressing a keen interest in teaching values to little interest, if any. I am not sure what makes this discussion so difficult, but I do know that ...

In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as ...

They are like partially filled vessels that each of us have the opportunity to fill. What we put into each of them is what makes a difference — for better or for worse — in their lives. To me, ...

American education is in the midst of a crisis — something concerned parents all over the country know well. Far more complex and troubling than today's declining test scores, the K-12 crisis involves ...

Mr Greg Nwamadi is hoping to teach young people about values and an appreciation of the African continent through two new books he has written. The books, ‘Legend of the Lost’, a novel, and ‘Lush ...