NATIONAL CHARACTER EDUCATION LINKS

The Center for the 4th & 5th R (at SUNY Cortland)
http://www.cortland.edu/character 
also find the Smart & Good High School Report at www.cortland.edu/character/highschool  

Character Counts
http://www.charactercounts.org/

The Character Education Partnership
http://www.character.org 

Character Development Group
http://www.charactereducation.com/ 

Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/ 

Jefferson Center for Character Education
http://www.jeffersoncenter.org/ 

Kenan Institute for Ethics - (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)
http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/ 

Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org  

Center for Social and Emotional Education
http://www.csee.net/climate/ 

The Center for Social and Character Development at Rutgers
http://www.rucharacter.org/  

Operation Respect: Don't Laugh at Me
http://www.dontlaugh.org/  

Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org/ 

Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
http://www.bu.edu/sed/caec/ 

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
http://www.casel.org/ 

Committee for Children
http://www.cfchildren.org/ 

Community of Caring
http://www.communityofcaring.org/ 

National Center for Youth Issues
http://www.ncyi.org/www  

Character Education Network
http://www.charactered.net/ 

US Department of Education Links

Brochure – “Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen”
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/citizen/citizen.pdf 

Partnerships in Character Education Project Program
http://www.ed.gov/programs/charactered/index.html 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Programs/Initiatives
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html 

Teachers/Improve Student Performance/Character Education
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/character/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln 

White House Conference on Character and Community (June 19, 2002)
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/character/index.html 

Character and Sportsmanship Links

Building Men and Women for Others (Coach for America)
http://www.buildingmenandwomen.org/

Character Combine 
http://www.charactercombine.com/ 

Pursuing Victory with Honor
http://josephsoninstitute.org/sports/index.html 

Respect The Game - Respect Yourself
http://www.itsallaboutcharacter.com/RGRY/tutorialpage1-adprin.htm  

Positive Coaching Alliance
http://www.positivecoach.org/default.aspx 


Disclaimer: This list is not meant to be an endorsement of any of these organizations or their products. They are all connected to Character Education or Service Learning, either directly or indirectly. Hopefully you will find some of them to be useful.