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Aspen Ideas Festival Highlights Ethics and Values
The Good Project has always been concerned with what people value and how these values affect (or don’t affect) decision making, particularly at work. At the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, an annual event covering a wide range of topics featuring speakers influential in …
May 2017 Newsletter Released
The Good Project’s May 2017 newsletter has been released. In this month’s issue, we discuss the Good Collaboration Toolkit as featured in a blog post via The Intersector Project. We also talk about Howard Gardner’s final post in “The Professional Ethicist” series and his …
Carrie James Featured in World Policy Blog
The Good Project’s Carrie James has been featured in an interview on the blog of the World Policy Journal. James, a longtime researcher on the “Good Play” strand of The Good Project, is the author of the 2014 book Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and …
March 2017 Newsletter Released
The Good Project’s March 2017 newsletter has been released. In this month’s issue, we discuss the meaning of civic leadership and good citizenship through the lens of a recent conference at Yale organized by Citizen University. We also spotlight Howard Gardner’s blog post on …
December 2016 Newsletter Released
The Good Project’s December 2016 newsletter is here! In this month’s issue, we spotlight some year-end and holiday-related themes. We share resources from our partner The Family Dinner Project and from our own curricula to spark conversation and reflection with friends and …
Apply Yourself: Considerations for College Applications
This time of year, high school seniors across the United States and the world are in the process of finalizing applications to institutions of higher education. Many of those students make their application choices based on factors such as cost, location, and …
Becoming an Ethical Professional
What does it mean to be a good professional, and what is the role that ethics should play in the life of every worker in society today? Dr. Howard Gardner, co-founder of The Good Project and Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education …
October 2016 Newsletter Released
The Good Project’s October 2016 newsletter has been released! In this issue, we share information about Digital Citizenship Week, which will be held from October 16-22, 2016, to encourage young people to think about what it means to be a good citizen …
The Good Project & National Institute for Civil Discourse Release Debate Standards for 2016 Presidential Debates
The Good Project joins the National Institute for Civil Discourse in calling on the presidential debate moderators to adopt a set of Debate Standards designed to ensure that the 2016 Presidential Debates are fair, informative, and civil. More than 60 organizations signed …
August 2016 Good Project Newsletter
The August 2016 edition of the Good Project’s newsletter has been released! This month, we provide information about two events that took place this summer: 1) two classes on our Value Sort Activity for attendees at the annual Project Zero Classroom institute; and 2) …
New Video: Overview of Good Work
In a new video available on YouTube, we provide a clear and succinct overview of The Good Project’s original study about the meaning of “Good Work” and some of the frameworks and tools that have originated from this initiative. This summary includes descriptions …
Boston Children’s Museum & The Family Dinner Project Plan “Community Dinner” Event
Boston Children’s Museum and The Family Dinner Project, a national initiative based in Cambridge and one of The Good Project’s partner organizations, will co-host a public event dedicated to their mission of gathering families for food, fun and conversation about things that …
