U.S. schoolchildren once were told to emulate “Honest” Abe Lincoln and George Washington, who ” could not tell a lie.” Traditional...

In “Schools Are Still Peddling the Self-Esteem Hoax,” Fordham’s Checker Finn criticizes social and emotional learning as another fad....

Years ago, I speed-read a self-esteem book about a hedgehog (or some such) who was afraid to go to school on the first day because he...