Character Educator Blog

2015-03-25

Guest post by Sonia Lowman Are you a by-stander or an up-stander? Can you stand up for what’s right, even when it’s not easy or popular? How do we, together...

2015-03-18

Spotted any good billboards lately? There are some positively positive ones popping up around the country as part of the Smile Across America campaign...

2015-03-09

Character education is not extra. Instead, it must be integrated into the fabric of our schools so that it becomes a habit that drives decisions, outcomes...

2015-03-03

Why does character matter? If you’re a teacher, ask your students that question and tell them to deliver their answers in the form of a cogent, insightful...

2015-02-04

Have you thanked a school counselor this week? The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) has set aside February 2-6 this year as National School...

2015-01-27

We challenge you to test your kindness quotient! How? Just dedicate yourself to performing as many acts of kindness as possible during the week of January...

2015-01-06

It’s the second annual White House Student Film Festival! And it’s open to U.S. students, grades K-12. This year’s theme — The Impact of Giving Back...

2014-12-23

[This post comes to us from one of our favorite educators and authors: Barbara Gruener, a counselor and character coach at Westwood-Bales Elementary School...

2014-12-15

¡Que bueno! Check out these terrific images showing CHARACTER COUNTS! in action at the Colegio Americano de Guatemala in Guatemala City.

2014-12-11

Videos of the keynote speeches at the 2014 Character.org National Forum are now online here. The video below shows one of them — Texas school counselor...