Idea of the day: Kindness class

Andy Smallman, head of the Puget Sound Community School in Seattle, has come up with a social innovation that's ingenious, inspiring, and infectious. He calls it "kindness class."

Each week students in the online course get an assignment. In week one, they do something kind for themselves. In week two, they do something kind for someone they love. And so on. Along the way, participants do something kind for a neighbor, provide something wonderful for someone to find, let everyone go ahead of ...