Moderate Imam Feisal Rauf  was turned into a radical ideologue in the eyes of those opposed to an Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan. Imam Rauf talks with Terry Gross about his ongoing struggle to keep common ground growing between Islam and the west. Also check out  Imam Rauf’s TED talk on compassion: "Lose your ego, find your compassion."  Read an excerpt from Imam Rauf 's new book Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero To A New Vision Of Islam In America. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf combines the teachings of the Qur’an, the stories of Rumi, and the examples of

Earlier this month the Charter for Compassion Pakistan group launched an exciting new site for the Compassionate Schools Network.  The objective of the Compassionate School Network (CSN) is to give teachers the tools and training they need to teach compassion. The goal is to raise compassionate children who will then grow up to become compassionate adults with the hope is that this will lead to a more tolerant, peaceful society. Not only is compassion a proven antidote for aggression, viewing compassion as skill allows  educators to easily integrate the Compassionate School Network program them

You are invited to the continuation of an on-going conversation that began at a September 2011 networking event in Coquitlam. Hosted by Learning Forward B.C. in partnership with the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, all educators are welcome. Bring a friend or colleague.Participants will explore current research and stories of practice as they address the following question: What are the core capacities required of an adult in order to engage and enhance Social and Emotional Learning with students?

Maurice Sendak often said he did not write books for children. He just happened to write books in which children were interested. No, Sendak had too much respect for children to assume they were simple creatures or easily fooled by adults. In a 2004 interview with Bill Moyers, Sendak said he didn't like Peter Pan, or rather the author of the tale, J.M. Barrie. "It's Barrie I don't like. The sentimentalizing of children, the cutesifying of the children. If you look into the heart of Peter Pan, it is a boy obsessed with death, afraid to live."The children in Sendak's books are not cute o