In this episode, Sharon Howell, Head of School at Indian Springs School in Indian Springs Village, Alabama, talks with us about the value of character development in college readiness. With a perspective that is informed by experience working for Harvard in higher education, Sharon believes that students experience a lack of college readiness when they become too focused on external and outcome-oriented motivations. While subscribing to the John Dewey model of education, Sharon seeks to maintain a culture that revolves around student democracy and ownership.