Every day CHARACTER COUNTS! finds expressions in a variety of settings. This blog celebrates these creative character-building efforts.
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The Industrial Revolution marked the birth of a new era in human history, an economic and social transformation driven by technology, manufacturing, and transportation. It sparked an age of innovation and invention and challenged the limits of human imagination. But at the same time, our young industrial society made reckless, self-serving choices without regard to the consequences to the environment.
And now, we have a mess on our hands.
The youth of Birmingham, Alabama are in for a surprise. Recently, representatives from local schools, businesses, and community organizations convened for one sole purpose: to spread character education throughout the community.
CHARACTER COUNTS! works best when it is ubiquitous. Kids learn about the Six Pillars of Character in the classroom, but it’s important that the message is reinforced in sports and after-school programs, in the home, and in the job market. Birmingham is determined to succeed.
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"Character is not developed by accident. It’s not something that happens spontaneously. It’s gotta be proactive. It’s gotta be intentional. It’s gotta be purposeful. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun!" says Michael Josephson, president and CEO of the Josephson Institute.
Art Teacher Suzette Morrow of Potterville High School knows how to make character education fun. Students in two of her classes recently completed a series of large murals depicting the Six Pillars of Character in creative ways.
In February, Bridgeview Elementary School held its first ever Bridgeview Walk-a-thon with the theme "Bookin’ for Bridgeview." The event kicked-off with an aerial photo of the walkers, who sported t–shirts representing the Bridgeview school colors (gray and navy blue) and the colors of the Six Pillars of Character.
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“At that school, 80 percent of students fail basic literacy tests,” my friend exclaimed recently. “That means 80 percent can’t read or write properly. We can’t send our kid to that school, but our only other option is private, and we can’t afford that!”
She and her husband are thinking about adopting a child and have been looking into their education options. Not very promising choices. But what if she saw things in a different light?
On January 18, 2008, CHARACTER COUNTS! Of Madison County joined forces with Anderson Community Schools (ACS), Anderson University, and the City of Anderson, Indiana to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. by holding a “Dream Team 2008” rally at the Paramount Theatre Centre, in downtown Anderson.
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Student achievement is not the only problem facing educators in today’s world of standardized testing, but it often takes the largest bite out of funding and resources. Focus on standards and assessment moves the emphasis from teaching the whole child to teaching-to-the-test. That leaves little, if any, recourse to maintain student interest in school.
The good news is, more states are now taking student graduation seriously and pledging to tackle low graduation rates as part of their education budgets. The bad news is, information received by districts and teachers about possible dropouts often comes too late.
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