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Report Findings

Finding 1: Pervasive Attention to Ethics and Values
Finding 2: Critical Thinking Skills Driving and Connecting Learning
Finding 3: Relationships Fuel Learning and Ethical Development
Finding 4: Cultures of Trust Encourage Ongoing, Honest Feedback
Finding 5: Trustees As Keepers of the Moral Compass
Finding 6: Tone at the Top—The School Head As Exemplar
Finding 7: Tolerance for Ambiguity: "Doubt" Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Finding 8: Professional Development From the Ranks
Finding 9: Authentic Student Input
Finding 10: Growth, Not Punishment

Note to Readers: This project begins to set the groundwork for cultures of integrity in schools. When replicating these findings it assumes ethical behavior and that readers know right from wrong.

Report Findings

Finding 1: Pervasive Attention to Ethics and Values

Across all the schools involved in our study, one message is consistent: anyone in the school community is expected to participate in ethical discourse and practice. The topic is not theoretical, nor is it reserved for philosophy class; it's a way of doing human existence. "I would say very few of our teachers see a distinction between ethics and education in their own subject or sport or area of activity," one teacher comments. "It's interwoven. It just comes through in everything you do."

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