Character Education in K-12 Schools

• The Center for Learning  - Non-profit educational group publishes values-based curricula that integrate academics and virtues through humanities.
• Character Center  - Advocates for character building among students and instructors. Character insights and educator resources provided.
• Character Development Foundation  - Features an organization that aims to promote ethical integrity among youth and adults. Books, workshops, and consulting services also offered.
• Character Development Group  - Offers character education workshops, provides a collection of related resources, and presents news and reports.
• Character Education Network  - Portal to online ready-to-use curriculum, activities and resources that enhance classroom learning experiences.
• Character Education Partnership  - Fosters a national call to character building. Aims to teach the youth and students professional development as well.
• Foundations Magazine  - Online magazine presents ideas and selections of articles and commentaries that teach about life and values.
• Giraffe Heroes Project  - Features stories of people who work for the welfare of others. Also presents initiatives that educate both students and their parents about values.
• Happy World  - Offers downloadable posters, worksheets, mandalas and activities designed to encourage moral and character education on preschool and young children. Some are free, some require paid membership.
• Heartwood Ethics  - Offers literature-based character education for Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6 students.
• Institute for Affective Skill Development  - Educational and values-based organization creates programs that help students learn how to succeed while maintaining dignity.
• Joy in Learning  - Get character education programs and training materials from this comprehensive values education resource.
• Living Values Education  - Comprehensive and innovative values education program that offers a variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies.
• Operation Respect  - Advances initiatives and programs that seek to create more compassionate, safe, and respectful learning environments out of schools.
• Peaceful Solution Character Education Incorporated  - Conveys the idea that peace can be achieved through character education. Free sample lesson plans provided.
• Teaching Values  - Extensive resource implores the strategy of storytelling to teach children about character-building principles and values.
• Teaching Virtues  - Features Don Trent Jacobs and Jessica Jacobs Spencer's acclaimed book about character education.
• Tribes Learning Communities  - Offers tools, resources, and ideas on how to bring values and character building to schools.
• WhyTry  - Presents an organization created to provide hands-on solutions for anger management, problem solving, peer pressure dealing, and more.