The COVID-19 pandemic has changed virtually every aspect of everything we do. While we hope, and plan, that it will soon be controlled and that ‘life” will return to normal, there remains the possibility that its impact could extend well into the future and constitute a “new” normal. It will take many people working many years to document the short- and long-term consequences of this unprecedented intrusion into our lives.
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
