learning

Mindfulness Helps You Become a Better Leader

By: Bill George. Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, I have sensed from many leaders that they want to do a better job of leading in accordance with their personal values. The crisis exposed the fallacies of measuring success in monetary terms and left many leaders with a deep feeling of unease that they were being pulled away from what I call their True North.

13 Ways to Boost Resilience in Young Children

Whether we are born with a certain amount of resilience or build upon life experiences, we can all agree that it is extremely valuable. Dr. Wittenberg offers practical suggestions for boosting resilience in children.  ~Dr. Barbara Kerr, Compassionate Action Network International, education volunteer

by Dr. Heather Wittenberg

List of Education Partners and Compassionate Places of Learning

Click on the names of any of the Education Charter Partner's page. You will find direct links to each partner's website on the page.

Education partners

Creating a Peace Incentive

by Meg Lane

The path to peace is fostered through ‘education and learning.'

Compassion is a two-way stream - one must give in order to receive

by Atit Marmer

My entire life has been committed to learning and understanding the giving and receiving of compassion. My first memory of an event involving this spiritual path goes way back to the sixth grade when our class visited a student art show presented by a school situated in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I grew up.

Resources | Teaching and Learning about 9/11 With the New York Times

I think 9/11 should be taught in schools across the world, and we shouldn’t neglect it, we should understand and remember the event.  ~Rachel, a student

9/11: Reflecting, Teaching and Learning About

 

9/11 by Mark Gudmundsen