Posts Tagged ‘Happiness’

American Schoool Board asks “Should We Start Measuring Joy and Happiness in America’s Schools?

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Great post on The Leading Source the American School Board’s blog about implementing “happiness tracking” in schools. ….

What a fantastic concept. This positive psychology wave is hitting like a Tsunami. Just in time with the shift away from the ability to constantly accumulate material goods.

They ask in the post a very relavant question.

With education reform, should happiness be a factor to measure?

“So here’s the big question: what about schools? What areas in education could measuring, tracking, and implementing what makes people happy have a positive impact on the system?”

Here is the post

The Leading Source - American School Board Journal’s Weblog