Judd Kruger Levingston

Author of A Moral Case for Play (2023) & Sowing the Seeds of Character (2009). Tweeting about moral and character ed & kids living ethically.

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

My new book is out! Discover how we can take play seriously in A Moral Case for Play in K-12 Schools: The Urgency of Advancing Moral Ecologies of Play, pub by Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books. https://t.co/QdzaXT5O5a

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Summertime is ideal for reflecting on the centrality of moral relationships between teachers and students. Here's my piece in HaYidion, pub by @PrizmahCJDS: https://t.co/UC6Z9iCxUz

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Today: Love of learning. We teach because we love kids and learning. Can our love of learning be caught by/transferred to our students through a positive, safe, intellectually & morally engaging experience, knowing we might need another day? @TheCharacterLab #waittime @ASCD

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Today: Open-Mindedness. We want kids to be open-minded... but we also need them to be critical, discerning thinkers able to tell the difference between maple syrup and “pancake syrup”, between truth and falsehood, between an honest effort and a rush job. @TheCharacterLab

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Today: curiosity. Yes, sensation-seeking behavior & openness to new experiences can get kids into trouble, but let's channel their innate curiosity and need to know so that they can explore their world safely, playfully, independently, and, with our guidance, knowledgeably. #play

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Starting 2023 with Seligman/Peterson's 1st of 24 character strengths and virtues: Creativity. How can we spark creativity? Say "Do", not "Don't" and say "What if...?" instead of "What?!". Doing and creating is a vital, active, first form of #play @TheCharacterLab

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The Basque poet Harkaitz Cano gives us reasons to be moral actors and to teach our students moral agency in the new year in his New Yorker poem pub in Sept 2022, "Reasons": 15 Reasons to Remain Silent, 15 Reasons to Yell.https://t.co/9rwkTLQxjX

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School's about to re-open and new school spaces aren't just about social distancing. See this piece by @jenniferkingson about wellness & design. Frank Lloyd Wright couldn't have imagined this! https://t.co/ZUMQB1zzWS

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An 8th grader was psyched: "We played a great game, even though we lost." I contend that play builds character, even with covid protocols in the Jewish Education Experience podcast in which I make #themoralcaseforplay: https://t.co/NeGnkiFaCu Thanks @BarrackJBHA students & staff

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Here's another podcast with deep wisdom from PJDS' wonderful Head of School Judy Groner @PerelmanReady on how kids and educators have adapted/pivoted during the pandemic, building a learning community: https://t.co/r5Cr0ux4dF

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Listen to this excellent podcast from my colleague Rabbi Chaim Galfand @PerelmanReady about talking to kids about God and about "character memory" (modeled after "muscle memory"). https://t.co/YcForTIQhG

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Congrats to Simone Biles on your final bronze medal! You are a moral role model who first taught us perseverance and grit and now you teach us the lasting values of humility, teamwork and friendship. #Tokyo2020 @Simone_Biles

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Looking to this fall’s reopening in schools, let’s plan for antiracist education as moral education: an opportunity not to accuse people of racism but to be better informed for the future and to envision a more perfect union. Happy Fourth!

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Congrats on the win for aspiring cheerleader Brandi Levy in the SCOTUS free speech case Mahanoy vs. Levy. Now we educators have to teach _wise_ speech together with _free_ speech to protect the gift of Freedom of Expression.

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

National bike _to_work day also is national bike _from_ work day! This might be my favorite holiday. #nationalbiketoworkday

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@lellyjz @ALemoins This is so succinct and so appropriate for educational settings in which curricular change and where informal school culture changes are needed.

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@QuickTake @IvanLevingston The government has a moral obligation to respond to the epidemic with so much unemployment and with so many lives at stake.

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I've signed this statement from https://t.co/l7L3sGlmp6 it is a moral imperative for educators to be mindful of our impact on the environment and to teach what we can do for the future. https://t.co/Lb2ll4RFTh

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It's not too late for summer jobs to teach what can't be learned so readily in the school year. Please read my former student Judd Kessler's NYTimes Op-Ed: https://t.co/UjSMcLua2D

[Judd Kruger Levingston @Moraleducation]

Read @DanaGoldstein's article contrasting private and public school remote learning gaps: https://t.co/zo70Drwi9I I support moral education in private schools while also supporting public ed and greater suburban/urban equity.