--- title: The Shipley School | | Nick Holton description: Nick Holton is the Associate Director of Positive Education at The Shipley School. He was the Founder and Director of the Positive Education Institute at Milken Community Schools in Los Angeles—one of the first Positive Education programs in California. Nick holds a PhD in Educational Psychology with a focus on Positive Psychology from Michigan State University, where he also earned an MA in Education with a focus on leadership, and a BA in history. Nick has spent his career working as a teacher and coach in schools, but also consults with businesses on performance and workplace satisfaction. --- - - [![ShipleySchool](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/TheShipleySchool-May-2017/Images/Shipley_Vertical-Logo.png)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org) [![Schedule a visit.](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/TheShipleySchool-May-2017/Images/Top-Ad-Blog-2016-04.jpg)](https://www.shipleyschool.org/admissions/admissions-events-and-tours) - [Home](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org) - [Request Admissions Information](https://www.shipleyschool.org/request-admissions-information) - [Visit Shipley](https://www.shipleyschool.org/admissions/admissions-events-and-tours) - [Shipley Magazine](https://www.shipleyschool.org/the-shipley-magazine) - [News](https://www.shipleyschool.org/news) ### Featured Posts [![Winning the Homework Battle: 10 Tips for Helping Children with Homework](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2020-02-06-10-Tips-for-Helping-Your-Child-With-Homework.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/10-tips-for-helping-kids-with-homework) #### [Winning the Homework Battle: 10 Tips for Helping Children with Homework](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/10-tips-for-helping-kids-with-homework) [![I Accidentally Misgendered Someone! 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Instead, we need to help ourselves and the young people in our communities develop the ability to be “whole.” This is, in large part,... [![Ugh, No! Positive Psychology Is Not Just About ](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2020-08-11-PosEd-Not-Just-about-Positivity.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/ugh-no-positive-psychology-is-not-just-about-being-positive) [positive education](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/positive-education) [PERMA](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/perma) [positive psychology](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/positive-psychology) [Ugh, No! Positive Psychology Is Not Just About "Being Positive"](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/ugh-no-positive-psychology-is-not-just-about-being-positive) In the early Autumn of 2016 I helped host a talk by Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky (whom you saw some research from in our previous post). If Marty Seligman is one of the “fathers” of the field, we ought to consider Sonja one of the “mothers.” As we waited for the crowd to gather and pile into the... [![Why Positive Education? More Like, Why Not?](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2020-07-21-Why-Pos-Ed.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/why-positive-education-more-like-why-not) [Why Positive Education? More Like, Why Not?](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/why-positive-education-more-like-why-not) Whenever I speak to a school, organization or new group of passionate, interested parents, I am inevitably asked, “Why Positive Education?” Mostly, this well-meaning question is coming from concerned adults who want to make sure that they or their children are being put in the best possible... 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