The Tenley Study Center Issues in Education Series offers families an opportunity to read about issues that are relevant towards the development of their children into more mature and service oriented individuals. The topics are geared toward helping parents make more informed decisions regarding the education and upbringing of their families. Below are the current listing of issues that the Tenley Series has tackled to date. More publications will be available in the future. If you would like a copy of any of the Tenley Publications contact the business office at 202.362.3470 and we would be happy to send you one.

CHARACTER
What is Character? We often hear, these days, about the importance of character: the necessity of character in our public servants and business leaders; character formation as a vital aspect of the education of youth; even self-help books that advertise "10 easy ways to build character and achieve your goals in life." But for all the discussion of character, few bother to define what it is, exactly, they are talking about.

FREEDOM
The transition between high school and college is one of the most crucial points in a young person's life. The first months of college are a time of aspirations and ideals, of hopes and dreams, and of high anticipation. They are also a time of not a little confusion and uncertainty, as questions about how to deal with new peers, new situations, and new intellectual and moral challenges abound.

DATING
When it comes to dating, young men today are essentially on their own. Whereas generations past were instructed and supervised in their relations with a scrutiny that many parents today would find uncomfortably intrusive, the current generation is without either inherited social customs or adult guidance in the matter that is uppermost in their minds: how to deal with the opposite sex.

COURTSHIP
Courtship is the name we give the process by which a man and a woman together engage in an exercise in vocational discernment leading to a critically important joint decision. The question they have to answer together is this: Shall we marry each other or not?

THE HOME
Learn how to make the home a place where children can grow in virtue and families can become stronger through the relationships formed there.