Tes Connect – R. Vaughn
“England is to become a “global leader” in teaching character, resilience and grit to students, education secretary Nicky Morgan is to announce today. Under the plans, the government will make £3.5 million available to schools and other organisations that are already offering activities promoting character in young people. It is hoped the move will place character education on a par with academic learning and comes just a week after shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt claimed research showed developing children’s resilience was more important than focusing “purely on good grades”.”(more)