| Kevin
Ryan is the founder and director emeritus of the Center for the Advancement
of Ethics and Character at Boston University. A former high school English
teacher, Ryan has taught on the faculties of Stanford University, the University
of Chicago, Harvard University, Ohio State University, and the University
of Lisbon. He has written and edited eighteen books, among them Moral
Education: It Comes with the Territory; Reclaiming Our Schools: A Handbook
for Teaching Character, Academics, and Discipline (with Ed Wynne); and
Building Character in Schools: Practical Ways to Bring Moral Instruction
to Life (with Karen Bohlin). He received the University of Pennsylvania
National Educator of the Year Award, the Paideia Society's Award for Educational
Excellence, and the Character Education Partnership's Sanford N. McDonnell
Lifetime Achievement Award. |
