Articles: Can Gen Y Fix Our Schools?
By Vicki Zakrzewski | January 22, 2013They may get a bad rap, but research suggests that the needs of Gen Y teachers could help us create thriving schools.
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Articles: The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2012
By Jason Marsh, Lauren Klein, Jeremy Adam Smith | January 3, 2013The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings published this past year.
Articles: Parenting for Authentic Success?
By Jill Suttie | December 21, 2012Madeline Levine's new book tries to help parents resist entering their kids in the rat race.
Articles: Four Reminders of Human Strength and Goodness after Sandy Hook
By Jeremy Adam Smith | December 17, 2012Are people horrible? It's a question many Americans are asking ourselves after the horror of a school shooting.
Articles: December Education Newsletter
By Vicki Zakrzewski | December 12, 2012Want round-ups of recent Greater Good Education posts delivered to your email Inbox? Sign up for our education newsletter!
Articles: Can Educators Cultivate Ecological Intelligence?
By Jill Suttie | December 5, 2012A new book, co-written by Emotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman, argues that schools are the best places to cultivate an understanding of our relationship to the natural world.
Articles: Three Ways to Help Students Give Meaningful Gifts
By Vicki Zakrzewski | December 4, 2012Research has identified what makes some gifts more meaningful than others. Here's how teachers can help their students get beyond elbow macaroni and glue.
Articles: Our Children, Our Strangers
By Jeremy Adam Smith | December 3, 2012A new book explores extreme differences between parents and children—and in so doing, reveals how we can all find empathy, resilience, and meaning in life's most difficult experiences.
Articles: An Awesome Way to Make Kids Less Self-Absorbed
By Vicki Zakrzewski | November 28, 2012Research suggests that experiencing awe helps kids focus less on themselves and more on the world around them.
Articles: How to Foster Gratitude in Schools
By Jeffrey Froh, Giacomo Bono | November 20, 2012When students are thankful, they feel more connected to their schools and teachers, explain researchers Jeffrey J. Froh and Giacomo Bono.
Articles: November Education Newsletter
By Vicki Zakrzewski | November 14, 2012Want round-ups of recent Greater Good Education posts delivered to your email Inbox? Sign up for our education newsletter!
Articles: Why Teacher Ratings Hurt Schools and Students
By Vicki Zakrzewski | October 30, 2012The Los Angeles Times is suing for "value-added" assessments of teachers. Here's why they may do more harm than good.
Videos and Podcasts: Is Happiness Learnable?
By Christine Carter | October 22, 2012Greater Good Science Center parenting expert Christine Carter explains how happiness isn’t only determined by genetics. It’s a skill we can develop with practice.
Articles: The Misunderstood Middle Schooler
By Vicki Zakrzewski | October 16, 2012To address the rampant behavior problems in middle school, we need to better understand teens' moral development.
Articles: Announcing the Greater Good Education Newsletter
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Videos and Podcasts: Raising Kind Kids
By Christine Carter | October 8, 2012Greater Good Science Center parenting expert Christine Carter explains how to foster kindness in children—a key to their happiness.
Articles: Is Character the Key to Success?
By Vicki Zakrzewski | September 26, 2012An interview with Paul Tough reveals that there's more to academic success than just, well...academics.
Raising Happiness: Fostering Fall Friendships
By Christine Carter | September 23, 2012September Raising Happiness Newsletter & blog recap
Articles: Four Ways Teachers Can Show They Care
By Vicki Zakrzewski | September 18, 2012Research suggests caring relationships with teachers help students do better in school and act more kindly toward others.
Raising Happiness: Greater Happiness in 5 Minutes a Day
By Christine Carter | September 10, 2012How to teach kids loving-kindness meditation
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Think LIke Sherlock Holmes
May 24, 2013These two books give us insights into how brain science can help us understand our nature, improve our lives, and help us empathize with those who may have memory lapses.
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
May 22, 2013
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
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- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
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Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
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Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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The Compassionate Mind
We're angry, fearful, depressed--and we can't help it. Societies that encourage us to compete with each other make it difficult to exercise compassion towards ourselves and others.
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