Making Caring Common regularly publishes reports that examine barriers to caring and ways in which adults can help children overcoming those barriers.
Making Caring Common, in collaboration with Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation, released a new report, Gen Z Wants to Do Good: How Helping Others Supports Meaning and Wellbeing, topples misconceptions about how Gen Zers think about work, and explores where they find meaning and purpose and factors influencing their mental health.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s latest Turning the Tide report makes the case for a key shift in college admissions: College admissions should elevate the key ethical and civic capacities at the heart of repairing what divides us, our democracy, and our collective well-being.
Read MoreDo parents really want school integration? The short answer is yes. Our research suggests that the vast majority of parents across political affiliation, race, class, and geographic region strongly favor schools that are racially and economically integrated. But unfortunately, this doesn’t translate into action. In districts where parents actually have a choice, schools tend to become more segregated, not less.
Read MoreOur new report calls on parents and high schools to put young people’s character and well-being at the center of a healthier, more sane college admissions process.
Three years in the making, Turning the Tide II: How Parents and High Schools Can Cultivate Ethical Character and Reduce Distress in The College Admissions Process, offers guidelines for high schools and parents in promoting ethical character. It also describes how some high schools and colleges are working to promote greater ethical engagement among high school students, level the playing field for economically disadvantaged students, and reduce excessive achievement pressure. The report also includes a pioneering statement from admissions deans seeking to advance Turning the Tide’s goals.
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