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Teaching the old-time virtues

The Duke of Wellington probably never said that “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” In “Schools Are Still Peddling the Self-Esteem Hoax,” Fordham’s Checker Finn criticizes...

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The old is new: Character returns as SEL

U.S. schoolchildren once were told to emulate “Honest” Abe Lincoln and George Washington, who ” could not tell a lie.” Traditional virtues like “character, decency, perseverance, responsibility, and...

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Middle school to life

Sixteen years ago, a “no excuses” charter middle school opened in Philadelphia with its first class of fifth graders. Twelve years after KIPP Philadelphia Prep graduated its first class of eighth...

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Parents: ‘Circle Time’ invades kids’ privacy

? “Circle Time,” a daily classroom meeting where students discuss their feelings, is an invasion of privacy, charges a parents’ group in North Carolina. Wake County school officials say the discussions...

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