Character Counts!

CHARACTER COUNTS! (http://www.charactercounts.org)is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian character-education framework that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition includes thousands of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations

• Center for Advancement of Ethics and Character
  Respected center focusing on the education of teachers, with good resources including sample lesson plans. "Character education is not merely a trend or the school's latest fad; character education is a fundamental dimension of good teaching..." -- from the Character Education Manifesto
  
  
• Character Counts!
  CHARACTER COUNTS! (http://www.charactercounts.org)is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian character-education framework that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition includes thousands of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations
  
  
• CHARACTERplus
  A division of Cooperating School Districts, St. Louis,Mo.; weaves character education throughout the school day, integrating it into discipline policies, after school activities and reform intitiatives.
  
  
• Collaborative for the Advancement of Social and Emotional Learning
  Studies programs and practices that support the creation of safe, caring, and challenging learning environments. CASEL is commiteed to helping educators provide quality social and emotional learning programs and practices in their classrooms.
  
  
• Institute for Global Ethics
  Seeks to promote public discourse and practical action around significant ethic issues.
  
  
• K-12 Education Philanthropy Project
  Teaches the importance of voluntary action for the common good of a democratic society.
  
  
• The Cyber Citizen Partnership
  Offers Ten Commandments of computer ethics to help reinforce acceptable on-line behavior.
  
  
• The School for Ethical Education
  Provides quality professional development tips and training in character education. SEE's newsletter gives up-to-date news about local and national character education efforts.
  
  
• Wise Skills Resources
  Highlights the lives of positive role models as a basis for addressing character, community, and conflict resolution.
  
  

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