News
Raising Children Who Care About the Greater Good
In an era in which stakes are high for success and so much seems to be going awry in public life, how can we raise kids who care about the common good? This is the question posed in a blog in The Washington …
Teens and Technology: Few Simple Answers
Have smartphones destroyed a generation? Jean Twenge of San Diego State University asked this question in a widely-discussed article in the September 2017 edition of The Atlantic. She concludes that teens are on the verge of a mental health crisis due to the constant presence …
Good Work: A View from Across the Pond
RSA Comment, a blog of the UK’s Royal Society of Arts, has published a piece by The Good Project’s Danny Mucinskas and Howard Gardner. Mucinskas and Gardner’s commentary, titled “Good Work: A View from Across the Pond,” is a response to the …
July 2017 Newsletter Released
The Good Project newsletter is back with another edition! In this month’s July 2017 issue, we discuss: 1. a panel from this year’s Project Zero Classroom summer institute about civics and citizenship, moderated by Howard Gardner and featuring PZ PIs Veronica Boix …
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 …
