In this piece in the Los Angeles Times, Rick Weissbourd says that “[students] have the right to free speech, but they don’t have the right to degrade other people.”
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In this Washington Post On Parenting piece, Making Caring Common’s work on college admissions is cited: “A recent report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Making Caring Common, speaks to this. Colleges want students who care. They are drawn to applicants who show concern for others, promote good citizenship and civic engagement and develop personal responsibility.”
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In this segment for WFMZ, Rick Weissbourd discusses our report "The Talk" and the important conversations about sexual harassment and consent parents need to have with their kids.
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Read the August update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
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At its core, jealousy is about insecurity, fear, or a sense of competition. The emotion has been around forever, notes Richard Weissbourd. The Greeks wrote about it. Shakespeare wrote about it. It’s in the Bible. But there’s no point trying to vanquish the emotion. Here are ways parents can help their children recognize and respond constructively to jealous feelings. Read more in this article in The Washington Post.
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In this article in The New York Times, Making Caring Common’s research on the power and frequency of parents’ messages about achievement and happiness is cited. Although household chores seem like a small thing, the subtle but pervasive message of requiring them isn’t small at all. Requiring a high schooler to contribute to the family well-being and the smooth running of the household before turning his attention to his books conveys the value you place on that contribution.
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Making Caring Common recommends that college admissions offices incorporate changes into their applications which encourage students to display not only excellence in academics and extracurriculars, but concern for others and the common good as well as authentic intellectual engagement. Read more in this article in the U.S. News & World Report.
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Read the July update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
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Are we hindering our daughters' chances of becoming leaders? Makers reports on new findings from Making Caring Common’s report on teen girls and leadership bias.
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Watch three Medford High School students who won the KIND Schools Challenge speak about their project and next steps on this interview on Boston 25 News.
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Richard Weissbourd and Jennifer Kahn found that in schools where students reported having more empathy, students also reported fewer experiences of bullying and were more likely to try to stop bullying. Read more in this article in Nation Swell about how Roots of Empathy teaches children empathy — specifically by exposing them to babies.
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Children and adults today spend large amounts of time online and adults can help create a culture of caring online by modeling kindness both online and offline. In this article in HuffPost, author and parent expert Sue Scheff shares tips and ideas to help parents lead by example.
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Read the June update from Making Caring Common and don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
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Making Caring Common’s research was featured in this article by Rewire.News, which included our finding that a majority of 18-to-25-year-olds had never discussed with parents how to make sure their partner wants to have sex, how to determine their own comfort levels, the importance of not pressuring or persisting when someone says no, how to know how drunk is “too drunk,” or how to be a caring and respectful sexual partner. Now some coaches are bringing the conversation straight to the locker room.
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This article by Joe Brooks, the founder of Community Works Institute, highlights The ELL Give Back project, which won the KIND Schools Challenge, a partnership between the KIND Foundation and the Making Caring Common project.
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Turning the Tide endorser University of Chicago has announced a new test-optional policy that allows students to decide what information best represents their skills and college readiness.
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After launching the nationwide KIND Schools Challenge last fall, the KIND Foundation and Making Caring Common were tasked with choosing one winner out of nearly 200 submitted student projects. The winning project was created by three Medford High School juniors – Jenna Agnone, Luiza Barbosa and Rubia Fernandes. The students learned they had won the challenge at an assembly for the entire junior class. Read more in Wicked Local Medford.
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Three Medford High School juniors were surprised to learn they won the national KIND School Challenge at an assembly in front of their classmates Tuesday. Rubia Fernandes, Luiza Barbosa and Jenna Agnone, members of the Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, were named national winners for their submission, ELL Give Back Program.
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“Our vision is to make students who are learning English feel more comfortable at our school and make sure they have the resources for this to happen.”
We’re thrilled to announce the 2017-2018 KIND Schools Challenge winners: Medford High School’s ELL Give Back team!
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High school students talked about being sexually harassed and assaulted, and their struggles are not unusual. Eighty-seven percent of women said they had been sexually harassed in a study conducted by Making Caring Common.
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