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tbennett@newsandsentinel.com Belpre City School psychologist assistant Michael Seebaugh spoke during a presentation during the board of education meeting on Monday evening. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) BELPRE — The Belpre City Schools Board of Education approved summer school dates and listened to presentations during its monthly meeting on Monday evening. School Psychologist Assistant Michael Seebaugh gave a presentation about a new partnership with the Character Lab Research Network to help stu...

Talk about the passion Grit expert Dr. Angela Duckworth discusses tactics for success in Todd Lecture Series address Angela Duckworth knows Norwich University students strive for a Baskin-Robbins flavor list of excellence — scholarship, leadership, kindness among them. Achieving any of these takes passion and perseverance for long-term goals, a combination she calls grit. On Feb. 15, as part of Norwich University’s Todd Lecture Series, Duckworth, author of the New York Times bestsell...

Columnist Alex Eapen critiques Penns pre-professional culture and offers suggestions on how students can find more enjoyment in their lives.

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University continues its Todd Lecture Series with “True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success,” a live, virtual presentation by author and researcher Angela Duckworth with a moderated Q&A at 7 pm on Monday, February 15. This event is free and open to the public. Please check Norwich.edu/tls for streaming information. Angela Duckworth is the Founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the ...

Norwich University Newsroom Norwich University to host Angela Duckworth for virtual Todd Lecture event, “True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success” By NU Office of Communications February 02, 2021 NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University continues its Todd Lecture Series with “True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success,” a live, virtual presentation by author and researcher Angela Duckworth with a moderated question-and-answer s...

This is the question Martin Luther King, Jr. posed in an essay entitled “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse student newspaper around the time of his 18th birthday. King’s answer: “Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” But what, then, is character ? This is the question child psychologist Diana Baumrind addressed, toward the end of an illustrious career, in an essay entitled “Reflections on Character and Competence.” Character, Baum...

Is standardized testing dead? Or, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are the reports “greatly exaggerated”? In March 2020, about 1,000 of the 2,300 private nonprofit and public bachelors-granting colleges and universities offered students the option to apply to their institutions without submitting SAT or ACT scores, and several dozen operated as “test blind,” wherein all applicants were reviewed without testing results. According to FairTest, nearly 1,700, or two-thirds of colleges and universi...