The AAE is pleased to announce that Dr. Kevin Ryan is the newest member to join our advisory board. Dr. Ryan has recently retired as professor of education at Boston University and director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character. The Center's mission is to support elementary and secondary schools in efforts to aid children in acquiring good moral judgment and habits.
Since entering the higher education profession with degrees from Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Toronto, Kevin has written and edited fifteen books. His latest is Reclaiming Our Schools: A Handbook For Teaching Character, Academics and Discipline, New York: Macmillan 1992.
Most recently, Dr. Ryan and the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character garnered national praise for writing the Character Education Manifesto which has been endorsed by fifty of the nation's most recognized educators, legislators, and business executives in America. Whenever the subject of character education comes up in the news, Dr. Ryan is one of the first persons the media calls for comment. He has been featured in articles in U.S. News & World Report, the New York Times, the Washington Times, and the Boston Herald, among others.
Kevin may think he is going to slip quietly into retirement, but we suspect he will find that he will be called upon more than ever for his opinions and wisdom on the subject of character education. There is no topic as topical today!
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