Arts Apr 06 Theater tools help these students accept different perspectives By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Agents for Change Feb 06 Watch 7:52 How this Thai educational movement empowers rural students More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, but with an emphasis on hands-on activities. The idea is to empower young villagers to bring economic development to their communities, as well as learn leadership, empathy and compassion. By Fred de Sam Lazaro
Education Oct 18 Opinion: How technology is teaching kids to care about the world and each other To be a better teacher of the meaning of empathy, it helps to use the same tools of technology that young people are using. By Rusul Alrubail
Nation Aug 13 Watch 3:40 Next time you want to rage, try this act of radical imagination "If you’ve ever had a moment of road rage, or acted impulsively to fend off a pickpocket or bully, you know the feeling," says author Lauren Groff: " You feel as though you could breathe fire." But what if we…
Arts Dec 08 Watch 3:16 It can be really uncomfortable to talk about abortion. Here’s why we should When you write a novel about abortion, says author Brit Bennett, you will have a lot of conversations with strangers about abortion. It’s made her realize how rarely we talk about it as a human experience. What if we approached… By Brit Bennett
Jul 13 The barrier-breaking power of learning someone else’s story By Larisa Epatko Narrative 4 formed out of the belief that learning each other’s stories and retelling them in the first person is a powerful way to gain understanding. Continue reading
Aug 04 How feeling respected transforms a student’s relationship to school By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week A Stanford University study finds that a one-time intervention to help teachers and students empathize with one another halved the number of suspensions at five California middle schools, and helped build bonds between disengaged students and their schools. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Using Babies to Decrease Aggression, Prevent Bullying Using Babies to Decrease Aggression, Prevent Bullying… Continue watching