
Character Education and Development

But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy: that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly.

The Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, located in SUNY Cortland's School of Education, was founded in 1994 by education professor and psychologist Dr. Thomas Lickona. Its mission is to promote the development of moral and performance character in schools, families, and communities.
Spark Action is a collaborative journalism and advocacy site to mobilize action by and for young people.
The Ophelia Project serves youth and adults who are affected by relational and other non-physical forms of aggression by providing them with a unique combination of tools, strategies and solutions. To achieve long-term systemic change, we help build capabilities to measurably reduce aggression and promote a positive, productive environment for all.
A place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation, and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity, and respect for differences in schools.
Storyvalues, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that provides unique interactive professional training, performances and online programs for schools, businesses and communities, using the universal language of storytelling, music,and visual art to inspire creativity and positive, inclusive environments.
Project Wisdom aims to build character by helping students take responsibility for their choices and actions, to build confidence by motivating students to do their personal best, and to build community by inspiring students to contribute to the world around them while honoring the diversity that makes our country great.
Founded in 1992, Character First is the world’s largest character-based leadership development program for business, government, public safety, education, and families. Our training and materials reach more than 300,000 adults, youth, and children every month in 28 countries and 10 languages.
The National Character Education Center's mission is to develop value driven, respectful, and responsible people.
The Center stresses that teaching is a moral activity and that the education of young children is a moral endeavor.
The Academy for Character Education was established in 2000 to help foster the character traits of responsibility, civility, respect, honesty, fairness, trustworthiness and citizenship in students throughout the educational spectrum as well as in families and communities.
Roots of Empathy is an award-winning charitable organization that offers empathy-based programming for children. Our vision is to change the world - child by child.
The Notre Dame Collaboration for Ethical Education builds ethical community and character. The Collaboration envisions a world in which media, sports, and schooling embrace opportunities for ethical leadership and intentionally promote ethical growth. The Collaboration accomplishes its goals by fostering scholarship and developing resources for education, sports, and media.
The vision of Search Institute is to create a world where all young people are valued and thrive. Their mission is to provide catalytic leadership, breakthrough knowledge, and innovative resources to advance the health of children, youth, families, and communities.
Character Education Partnership aims to benefit society through school reform that addresses not only academics, but also moral, social, emotional, and ethical issues. CEP has the tools, methods, and strategies to empower teachers, parents and community members to help schools achieve the important goals of character development.
Josephson Institute Report Card (2000) The report was based on written surveys administered by randomly selected schools throughout the country in 2000. The margin of error is +/- 3 percent. It includes responses from 15,877 middle and high school students.
Character Education Partnership aims to benefit society through school reform that addresses not only academics, but also moral, social, emotional, and ethical issues. CEP has the tools, methods, and strategies to empower teachers, parents and community members to help schools achieve the important goals of character development.
Learning for Life’s mission is to develop and deliver engaging, research based academic, character, leadership and career focused programs aligned to state and national standards that guide and enable all students to achieve their full potential.
The Ophelia Project serves youth and adults who are affected by relational and other non-physical forms of aggression by providing them with a unique combination of tools, strategies and solutions. To achieve long-term systemic change, we help build capabilities to measurably reduce aggression and promote a positive, productive environment for all.
A place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation, and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity, and respect for differences in schools.
Project Wisdom aims to build character by helping students take responsibility for their choices and actions, to build confidence by motivating students to do their personal best, and to build community by inspiring students to contribute to the world around them while honoring the diversity that makes our country great.
Founded in 1992, Character First is the world’s largest character-based leadership development program for business, government, public safety, education, and families. Our training and materials reach more than 300,000 adults, youth, and children every month in 28 countries and 10 languages.
A proven curriculum for teaching character education & leadership development in middle/high school that supports English (ELA & ELD) common core standards.
The National Character Education Centers mission is to develop value driven, respectful, and responsible people.
The Center stresses that teaching is a moral activity and that eduction, in general, is a moral endeavor.
The Academy for Character Education was established in 2000 to help foster the character traits of responsibility, civility, respect, honesty, fairness, trustworthiness and citizenship in students throughout the educational spectrum as well as in families and communities.
Virtues in Action is created by Current Links in Education, a non profit, non partisan 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to foster virtues and civics in the youth of America.
The Notre Dame Collaboration for Ethical Education builds ethical community and character. The Collaboration envisions a world in which media, sports, and schooling embrace opportunities for ethical leadership and intentionally promote ethical growth. The Collaboration accomplishes its goals by fostering scholarship and developing resources for education, sports, and media.
Character education curriculum for today's teenagers.
Happify's activities and games are based on a decade's worth of cutting-edge research by psychologists and neuroscientists from leading academic institutions around the world. Our proprietary framework is designed to train your brain and help you build skills for lasting happiness—delivering effective and measurable results.
Partners For Integrity Foundation, Inc. (P4IF) is a Not for Profit Corporation headquartered in Ormond Beach, Florida., P4IF was established to help develop character in individuals, businesses, religious and governmental agencies.
The mission of the "Helping Others" Research Project at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry is to improve the quality of life for youth, families, and communities by providing a continuum of scientific information, education, and personal experiences on the role of service in addiction recovery.
The International Center for Academic Integrity works to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students, faculty, and administrators.
Offers a variety of programs and services to aid people in living wisely and well.
The VIA Institute on Character was established as a non-profit organization in 2001. Their mission is to advance both the science and the practice of character, and aim to fill the world with greater virtue.
An interactive website that seeks to elevate our shared moral core.
The Center for Leadership and Ethics contributes to the development of character in people and institutions, providing for a more ethical world.
Character Education Partnership aims to benefit society through school reform that addresses not only academics, but also moral, social, emotional, and ethical issues. CEP has the tools, methods, and strategies to empower teachers, parents and community members to help schools achieve the important goals of character development.
Combats racism, antisemitism, and prejudice and nurtures democracy through education programs worldwide.
The Ophelia Project serves youth and adults who are affected by relational and other non-physical forms of aggression by providing them with a unique combination of tools, strategies, and solutions. To achieve long-term systemic change, we help build capabilities to measurably reduce aggression and promote a positive, productive environment for all.
Founded in 1992, Character First is the world’s largest character-based leadership development program for business, government, public safety, education, and families. Our training and materials reach more than 300,000 adults, youth, and children every month in 28 countries and 10 languages.
The Center for Leadership and Ethics contributes to the development of character in people and institutions, providing for a more ethical world.
The Association for Moral Education (AME) provides an international forum for the interdisciplinary study of the moral and ethical dimensions of human development and education.
The Notre Dame Collaboration for Ethical Education builds ethical community and character. The Collaboration envisions a world in which media, sports, and schooling embrace opportunities for ethical leadership and intentionally promote ethical growth. The Collaboration accomplishes its goals by fostering scholarship and developing resources for education, sports, and media.
Links to numerous character education sites on the internet.
The School for Ethical Education (SEE) is a not-for-profit teaching organization that provides classes, creates programs, and offers consultation services to promote strategies for comprehensive ethics and character education.