In this piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Matt McKinney spoke with Rick Weissbourd about moral character and teaching.
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In this piece for KQED’s Mind/Shift, Linda Flanagan cites Making Caring Common’s research on what teenagers value. We found that a majority of teenagers value happiness and personal success more than concern for others.
Read MoreIn this piece for Motherly, Heather Marcoux shares tips for raising kind kids adapted from our resources.
Read MoreIn this piece for The Atlantic, David Coleman, the CEO of the College Board, writes about the “crazed pursuit of college admissions” and references Making Caring Common’s work to change the culture around college admissions.
Read MoreIn this piece for Jackson Hole News & Guide, Rachel Wigglesworth quotes Rick Weissbourd and references our parenting resources.
Read MoreIn this episode for NPR Life Kit, Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner cite Making Caring Common’s research on parenting priorities.
Read MoreIn this piece for Sojourners, Jen Zamzow cites our second report on ethical character and college admissions — and focuses on the role of parents in prioritizing caring over achievement with their children.
Read MoreIn this piece on KYMA, Ivany Villalobos cites Making Caring Common’s research that adults tend to overestimate the number of young people having casual sex.
Read MoreIn this piece for Forbes, Making Caring Common’s Brennan Barnard reflects on what history can teach us about choosing a college.
Read More"What matters in terms of career success and lifetime success is not what college you go to but whether you are meaningfully engaged," says Rick Weissbourd in the new Harvard EdCast on ethics and college admissions.
Read MoreIn this piece for Forbes, Making Caring Common’s Brennan Barnard brings attention to the many ways that parents can become over-involved in the college admissions process.
Read MoreScott Mautz adapts Making Caring Common’s tips for helping parents raise kind kids for Inc..
Read MoreS. Michele Fry shares Making Caring Common’s tips for helping your family build empathy skills in GreatSchools.
Read More“I worry that this story is so egregious and bad that parents won’t see themselves in it.” -Rick Weissbourd on the recent college admissions scandal. Read the full piece by Caitlin Gibson and Ellen McCarthy in The Washington Post.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s new report on college admissions gets a shout-out in this conversation between Here & Now's Robin Young and Washington Post reporter Caitlin Gibson.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s Brennan Barnard discusses our new report on college admissions with Sue O’Connell on NECN’s The Take.
Read MoreJenny Rickard, President and CEO of the Common Application, and Eric Waldo, Executive Director of Reach Higher, write about how to make the college admissions process work for all students. They also mention our recent report: “Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education’s Turning the Tide Campaign is a great example of an effort to help underrepresented and low-income students see themselves in a college environment while encouraging university admissions professionals to consider a broader set of experiences when evaluating applicants. Their report suggests reshaping the college admissions process to promote greater ethical engagement and reduce excessive achievement pressure.”
Read MoreIn this second of two pieces for Forbes, Making Caring Common’s Brennan Barnard brings a voice of reason to college admissions.
Read More“I would argue that admission to any one school or any tier of schools is not worth jeopardizing a young person’s emotional or physical well-being.” -Brennan Barnard in America Magazine
Read the full piece by Bill McGarvey.
Read MoreHGSE’s Usable Knowledge shares our advice for educators for promoting ethical character and reducing achievement-related stress in the college admissions process.
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