Here a link to a tip from Duke Tip, that I think is relevant to what we encourage in school.
My only note to that is that all those skills and attributes like decision-making and self-regulation must be encouraged from the very early age.
You’ve all heard me say that I find that freedom -liberty- is the muscle of the soul. You have to exercise it in the right way to make it strong and beautiful. Exercising liberty requires many opportunities to learn how to do it the right way, and the early years at crucial in developing this discipline.
Other than that, here the article which I find well thought and founded.
Take care!
http://tip.duke.edu/node/833