Character and Academics: What Good Schools Do

Though there has been increasing interest in character education among policy makers and education professionals, many schools hesitate to do anything that might detract from their focus on increasing academic performance. The authors present evidence indicating that this may be misguided. (Contains...

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Published in:Phi Delta Kappan 2006-02, Vol.87 (6), p.448-452
Main Authors: Benninga, Jacques S., Berkowitz, Marvin W., Kuehn, Phyllis, Smith, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Academic education
Adult education
Application programming interfaces
California
Character
Character and Academics
Character education
Child Development
Children, Education
Children, Research
Citizenship Education
Core curriculum
Correlation
Curriculum change
Education
Education, Research
Education, Standards
Educational Environment
Educational Quality
Educational standards
Elementary School Students
Elementary Schools
Ethical Instruction
High Achievement
High School Students
High schools
Longitudinal Studies
Middle School Students
Moral education
Parents
School Role
Schools, Rating
Social Values
Standardized Tests
Students, Conduct of life
Teachers
Values Education
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Summary:Though there has been increasing interest in character education among policy makers and education professionals, many schools hesitate to do anything that might detract from their focus on increasing academic performance. The authors present evidence indicating that this may be misguided. (Contains 13 endnotes.)
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487
DOI:10.1177/003172170608700610