The posting of this page is being made possible by the
National Council on Economic Education

Character Education

Character Counts; Character Development Seminars give you tools to address behavior problems, student underachievement, and dropout rates.

The Role of Character Education in Public Schools; This site describes how schools can offer educational programs that reinforce values that help children develop good dispositions that will enable them to flourish intellectually, personally, and socially.

Life Skills; This site provides an extensive amount of information to aid teachers in the process of providing leadership, vision, and advocacy so that all students have educationoal opportunities to meet their potential and achieve competency.

Character Education Resources; Charactereducationinfo.org is your gateway to sites on the Internet for Character Education resources. Browse the resources or just try the search.

Partnerships in Character Education Pilot Projects; An eligible entity may apply for a grant to design and implement a character education program that is able to be: (a) integrated into classroom instruction and is consistent with state academic content standards and (b) carried out in conjunction with other education reform efforts.

The Character Education Partnership; This organization offers a framework for holistic character education: The Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education and encourages effective practices and provides for the exchange of ideas through staff development, national conferences, and National Schools of Character Awards program.

The Communitarian Network; The Communitarian Network is a coalition of individuals and organizations who have come together to shore up the social, moral, and political environment.

Family Involvement in Children's Education: Table of Contents; This text looks at case studies of successful schools in which the educators, families, and communities work together, providing high quality education for the students.

ILTweb: Dewey: Democracy and Education: Table of Contents; In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusionof vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of students involvement in real-life tasks and challenges.