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Character Counts

 

MI Character Education: Senate Bill 0222 of 2003 - Senate Bill 0222 of 2003 would amend 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1-380.1852) by adding sec. 1163 to require the Michigan Department of Education to develop a model character education plan and encourage schools to provide.

 

EdWeek's Issues A-Z: Character Education - click here. Read a summary of the history of the character education movement in the United States and an overview of programs.

 

Character Education, Friendship & Manners Links from the Blount County Multi-Needs Center
 

MI Academy Teaches Character - Grant will let 3 schools track progress, use plan as national model.

 

The Responsive Classroom: A Practical Approach for Teaching Children to Care

 

The Eagle and the Knapsack - Character, we’ve been told, is what you are in the dark, when no one’s looking.

 

For more information visit CHARACTER COUNTS!: a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations working to advance character education by teaching the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

 

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