CharacterCounts!/ Josephson
Institute of Ethics
9841 Airport Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (800) 711-2670 / (310) 846-4800
www.charactercounts.org
A nationwide nonprofit initiative
to support nonpartisan, nonsectarian character education.
Center for the 4th and 5th Rs
State University of New York at Cortland
PO Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Phone: (607) 753-2455
http://www.cortland.edu/www/c4n5rs/
Directed by Dr. Thomas Lickona, author
of Educating for Character.
Positive Coaching Alliance
Department of Athletics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6150
Phone: 866-725-0024 FAX: (650) 739-0270
www.positivecoach.org
Provides tools, guidelines, and programs to help coaches develop good character in young athletes. Lots of useful stuff on their website.
The Giraffe Project
PO Box 759
Langley, WA 98260.
Phone: 360-221-7989
www. giraffe.org
Moving people to stick their necks
out for the common good. Creators of the K-12 "Giraffe
Heroes Program."
School for Ethical Education
440 Wheelers Farms Rd.
Milford, CT 06460
Phone: (203) 783-4439
www.ethicsed.org
Teaches strategies to put ethics
in action and offers assistance, curriculum material,
resources, and professional development for educators
interested in service-learning. Directed by Dr. David
Wangaard
Association for Moral Education
www4.wittenberg.edu/ame
An interdisciplinary forum for professionals
interested in the moral dimensions of educational theory
and practice. Check out their "Featured Classroom
Practices."
Institute for Global Ethics
www.globalethics.org
Articulating the common ground of
ethical values and analyzing trends and shifts in values,
while elevating global awareness and discussion. Author
Rushworth Kidder's site.
ASCD (Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development)
1703 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
Phone: (703) 578-9600 or 1-800-933-ASCD
www.ascd.org
National organization helping schools
develop curricula and programs.
Developmental Studies Center
2000 Embarcadero, Suite. 305
Oakland, CA 94606
Phone: (800) 666-7270
www.devstu.org
Research & development on character
education. Created the Child Development Project. Directed
by Dr. Eric Schaps
Character Plus
8225 Florissant Road
St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone: (800) 835-8282
www.characterplus.org
CHARACTERplus is a project of the
Cooperating School Districts, involving more than 100 public
school districts throughout the state of Missouri. Their website
offers many useful resources for character educators.
Center for the Advancement of Ethics
and Character
Boston University
621 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 353-3262
www.bu.edu/education/caec
An excellent resource for teachers,
parents, and administrators providing a wide range of
services and information. This site includes some very
useful sample lessons.
The Communitarian Network
2130 H Street, NW, Suite 703
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-7997
www.gwu.edu/~ccps
A coalition of individuals and organizations
who have come together to shore up the moral, social,
and political environment. Directed by Dr. Amitai Etzioni.
Ethics Resource Center
1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 737-2258
www.ethics.org
Fostering ethical practices in individuals
and institutions.
