With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching, it is important to remind our students about his message and how it applies to ...

One of the core principles of positive psychology is generating positive emotion by deploying strengths. If youth feel grateful, they act kindly. They learn to understand that others have struggles ...

Our children spend countless hours in the care of dedicated teachers, coaches and educators throughout their young lives. What better way to show your appreciation than teaching your young student how ...

Kindness is sometimes dismissed as a simplistic virtue comprised of “being nice.” But how do kids think about kindness—and could understanding kindness help us to teach and promote kindness more ...

Students at La Jolla Elementary and Bird Rock Elementary schools are aiming to increase kindness through pledges, projects and more. Monique Konovalov, co-advisor for the LJES student council, of ...

Catherine E.F. Previn ’27, an Associate Editorial editor, is a Government concentrator in Cabot House. Harvard students have gotten too comfortable. Last week, Harvard released its report on grade ...

During the year I spent teaching from various spaces in my home, my teaching was no longer something I did only when I was at work. Instead, it became something that was more visible to my family, ...

In collecting data for a new study on kindness in high school, this quotation from a student emerged as especially insightful. It illustrates the link between a student's perception of the classroom ...

Scientists who study happiness know that being kind to others can improve well-being. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can boost a person's mood, for example. Everyday life affords ...