US Department of Education Links
National Character Education Links
Other Related Links
NJ Character Education Related Links
NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) Character Education Partnership
http://www.state.nj.us/education/chared/
NJ DOE Title 6A Chapter 16 (Programs to Support Student Development)
http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/current/title6a/chap16.pdf
NJ DOE Character Education News Release
http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2003/0211char.htm
Rutgers Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Project
http://sdfsc.rutgers.edu
Developing Safe and Civil Schools (DSACS) Project
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~melias/safeandcivil.html
Character Education & Civic Engagement Technical (CETAC) Assistance Center
http://www.cetac.org/
CETAC Character Education Resource for Teachers
http://www.cetac.org/teacherresource/
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
Center for the 4th and 5th Rs – Respect & Responsibility
http://www.cortland.edu/character/
Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
http://www.bu.edu/sed/caec/
Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org
Center for Social and Emotional Education
http://www.csee.net/climate/
Character Counts!
http://www.charactercounts.org/
Character Development Group
http://www.charactereducation.com/
Character Education Partnership
http://www.character.org
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/
Corporation for National & Community Service
http://www.nationalservice.org/
Developmental Studies Center
http://www.devstu.org/home.htm
Institute for Character Development (at Drake University)
http://www.drake.edu/icd
Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/
International Center for Character Education
http://www.teachvalues.org/icce/
Learning for Life
http://www.learning-for-life.org/
Lions Quest
http://www.lions-quest.org/
National Service-Learning Leader Schools
http://www.leaderschools.org/
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/content.html
Open Circle
http://www.open-circle.org/
Overcoming Obstacles
http://www.overcomingobstacles.org/
Responsive Classroom
http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/
Ripple Effects
http://www.rippleeffects.com/
School-Connect®
http://www.school-connect.net/
Social Decision-Making / Problem Solving
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
University Behavioral HealthCare-Behavioral Research and Training Institute
http://130.219.58.44/sdm/index.htm
http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/index.html
Character Education Bibliographies, Reading Lists, Resources
Annotated Bibliography
California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/yd/ce/bibliography.asp
Character Education Bibliography
Center for the 4th & 5th Rs – Respect & Responsibility
http://www.cortland.edu/character/chared_books.html
Character Education Reading List
Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
At Boston University School of Education
http://www.bu.edu/sed/caec/files/CElist.htm
Character Ed Prep: National Clearinghouse for the Teaching of Character in Eduator Preparation
http://www.characteredprep.org/
Journal of Research in Character Education
http://www.characterandcitizenship.org/services/testjournal.htm
Michigan State University Extension
4-H Youth Development
Character Development and Education Bibliography
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/youth/ccbiblio.html
National Character Education Center – Ethics Links
http://www.ethicsusa.com/elinks.cfm
North Carolina Character Education Partnership
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/wake_county/search.html
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org
The School for Ethical Education
http://www.ethicsed.org/resources/biblio.htm
University of Illinois
The Office for Studies in Moral Development and Character Formation
http://www.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/index.html
Urban Programs Resource Network
University of Illinois Extension
Character Education: Creating A Framework for Excellence
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/programs/character.html
Strategies for Empowering Students
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/strat-splash.html
Utah State Office of Education
Life Skills / Character Education
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/lifeskills/Char_Ed.htm
Values and Education in a Democracy: Resources for Conversations: An Annotated Heuristic Bibliography
By Robert Merikangas, M.L.S., Ph.D.
Originally prepared in connection with the conference: "Teaching for Diversity, Unity, and Human Values: An Education Summit"
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~bobmerik/value.htm