Editor's Note: When digital media blurs the boundary between classroom and world. Why education is not the same as training. How values allow students to self-organize conflicts. These stories walk along the edges of education and real-world living. --Daniela

"Stories can transport you somewhere else in a way that nothing else can." Cleary Vaughan-Lee meets students in their digitial landscape, unleashing empathy across cultures in the classroom.

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"The root word of education-- educare--means to lead forth a hidden wholeness in another person." Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. unearths an integrated vision for medical education.

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Perhaps he was moved by the genuine apology. Or the 150 positive notes on their middle school lockers. Two students lead with values to dissolve a conflict.

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Be The Change Idea

As the last story inspires, surprise a student or colleague with an encouraging post-it note.