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Parents, high schools, and colleges are feeding an addiction of sorts — abetting an epidemic of perfectionism and expectation while promoting a “high” of status and prestige. Research-based initiatives at Making Caring Common provide resources for schools and families to reinforce “meaningful ethical and intellectual engagement” while rallying educators to imagine better systems for evaluating students in admission.
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Read MoreWhat if admissions officers would look favorably on students who attended an economically integrated school, much as they do those who have had unusual travel experiences or outstanding extracurricular achievements? This new theory builds on Making Caring Common’s Turning The Tide report that outlines its partnership with colleges to de-emphasize applicants' resume padding and hyper-competitive achievement, and prioritize communal values and work taking care of others.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common intern Bene Webster proudly describes herself as a former “nut” — a quality that she always found helpful when dealing with some of the behavior problems in her third-grade classroom in New Orleans. “I found that giving my students more freedom and autonomy, not less, resolved a lot of what others perceived to be behavior problems. It is easy to forget that kids are human beings, and at the end of the day they want to be free and able to be themselves just as much as the rest of us.”
Read MoreRead the April update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
Read MoreIn light of recent media coverage of student organizing and activism, we were curious to hear what members of our Youth Advisory Board think about their power as young people and what they believe is missing from the national conversation. Read on for excerpts from their responses.
Read MoreRead the March update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
Read MoreHarvard’s Making Caring Common Launches National School Campaign to Help Young People Bridge Divides, Build Stronger Communities
Caring Schools #CommonGood campaign mobilizes schools nationwide to take action to mend country’s fractures and strengthen democracy
Cambridge, MA - Harvard’s Making Caring Common project today launched a national campaign to mobilize high schools and middle schools to prepare young people to be constructive community members and citizens who create a better world. The Caring Schools #CommonGood campaign aims to motivate schools to take action to help mend our country’s fractures and strengthen democracy.
Read MoreRead the February update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
Read MoreIn honor of Valentine's Day, we asked our wonderful Youth Advisory Board about love. Here's what they had to say.
Read MoreRead the January update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
Read MoreWe're so excited to announce the 2017-18 Making Caring Common Youth Advisory Board!
The Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is a diverse group of young people from across the country who are committed to making schools more caring and respectful places through everyday interactions. This year's board hails from 14 states and represents a wide range of communities and experiences. We're thrilled to welcome them into the Making Caring Common family and introduce them to you.
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Read MoreHigh school senior Natalie Hampton knows what it’s like to eat lunch alone. In junior high, she experienced bullying and harassment so severe that she eventually transferred to a different school. As she shared with Making Caring Common, “More than any of the physical attacks or verbal bullying, [eating lunch alone] demonstrated to me how ostracized I was from my school community, and it grew to be more hopeless as more and more people walked past my table without stopping.”
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Read MoreWill teen girls close the gender gap? Making Caring Common study finds unexpected biases against their leadership. Researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education find that not only many teen boys but many teen girls and some parents appear to have biases against teen girls as leaders.
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