Heartwood Institute

The Heartwood Institute was cofounded by Eleanor Childes, and was "ultimately bought out by Scholastic, Inc.".

"In 1986, Eleanore Childs, a criminal defense attorney and mother of seven, saw a crying need for ethics education for the young. She approached her children’s finest teacher, Patricia Wood, who was teaching first grade at a rural school in Western Pennsylvania and was seeing the same need. Together they enlisted the help of Pat’s daughter, Susan Wood, and two master elementary teachers, Barbara Lanke and Patricia Flach, to conceptualize and create the Heartwood Ethics Curriculum for Children. These women are mothers who believe the future must be nurtured by explicit teaching and habituation of ethical concepts and behavior."


 * Chris Sandvig - Director

Supporters

Directors
Accessed December 2008:


 * Diana Block: VP of Operations, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
 * Ada Brandegee: communications and public relations expert
 * Eleanore N. Childs, Esq.: Co-founder and Past-President, Heartwood Institute
 * Lloyd Corder: President and CEO, CorCom, Inc. (market research)
 * Patricia Flach: Co-founder, Heartwood Institute, Professor of Elementary and Character Education, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
 * Kenneth C. Kurtz, Esq.: Attorney with Littler Mendelson (employment and labor law)
 * William G. Nichols: Chairperson, Heartwood Institute Board of Directors; Assistant Controller, Alcoa (retired)
 * Anne S. Olson: former controller, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
 * Mary Wurm-Schaar: educational research evaluation specialist

Contact

 * Web: http://heartwoodethics.org

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