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What You Missed at EWA’s Seminar on Educating for Character & Citizenship

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Dozens of journalists gathered in New Orleans this month to explore a dimension of education that often gets short shrift both in schools and in news coverage: developing students’ character and preparing them for active citizenship.

Reporters heard not only from educators, experts, and fellow journalists, but also students from New Orleans and beyond. Issues on tap included the moral education of young people, social and emotional learning, media literacy, and the rapid rise of ”restorative justice” as an alternative to traditional disciplinary practice.

To get things started at the EWA seminar in New Orleans, reporters helped to create a word cloud by sharing the single character trait they think is most essential for schools to foster.

Below is a sampling of the Twitter chatter from the February 15-16 event.

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