In the front cover of his notebook, Jerry Wayne, “JW,” Newson has a few lines scribbled. They’re reminders he learned from the book he reads daily: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale. It begins, “I believe I am divinely guided. I believe I will always take the right turn in the road,”...
Schools around the country are taking a new approach to discipline, and it seems to be working. For decades, teachers and administrators responded to bad behavior with punitive justice. Fighting, bullying, and other misconduct would result in detentions, suspensions, or even expulsions.. Now, schools are using a new method called “restorative justice.” Instead of earning...
The Hillsdale College Chargers capped off a four-game homestand with a victory over the Tiffin University Dragons on Saturday. Hillsdale is now 14-3 in the conference, with one last game in the regular season remaining. On Thursday, they hosted the Cedarville University Yellow Jackets, who got off to an early lead to start the game....
Four first-year charter schools from all over the country opened their doors as members of Hillsdale’s Barney Charter School Initiative last year. This year, the BCSI staff continue to work with the schools to make sure they offer a good education to their students. The four new schools are Ivywood Classical Academy in Plymouth, Michigan;...
Even in the midst of a busy campus, the pets of the staff and faculty manage to be familiar and friendly faces to all they come across. Most Fridays, English Professor Elizabeth Fredericks’s dog Charlotte can be found helping her grade assignments in her office. “I joke that she is the ‘PhDog’ because she was...