DR. KEVIN RYAN
The AAE is pleased
to announce that Dr. Kevin Ryan is the newest member to join our advisory board.
Dr. Ryan has recently retired as professor of education at Boston University
and director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character. The
Center's mission is to support elementary and secondary schools in efforts to
aid children in acquiring good moral judgment and habits.
Since entering the higher education profession with degrees from Stanford,
Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Toronto, Kevin has written and edited
fifteen books. His latest is Reclaiming Our Schools: A Handbook For Teaching
Character, Academics and Discipline, New York: Macmillan 1992.
Most recently, Dr. Ryan and the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
garnered national praise for writing the Character Education Manifesto which
has been endorsed by fifty of the nation's most recognized educators, legislators,
and business executives in America. Whenever the subject of character education
comes up in the news, Dr. Ryan is one of the first persons the media calls for
comment. He has been featured in articles in U.S. News & World Report, the
New York Times, the Washington Times, and the Boston Herald, among others.
Kevin may think he is going to slip quietly into retirement, but we suspect
he will find that he will be called upon more than ever for his opinions and
wisdom on the subject of character education. There is no topic as topical today!
