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		<title>Raising Kinder Kids in a Crueler World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Michele Borba, CEP Board Member Proven tips to nurture compassionate children and reduce peer cruelty Students at Salam School in Milwaukee, WI confront bullying in their school. Last fall I was on the East Coast helping a small school district implement a character education program. My first meeting was with a district administrator [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=575&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kids Bully</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight reasons kids bully to help you determine why a child is using aggressive behaviors, so you can turn it around.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=484&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Character Education: “Not a quick fix, but well worth the effort”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Character education is not an add-on. It’s the foundation. And “when parents, staff, and students come together – great things happen,” says Principal Taylor. The proof is in the 170 NSOCs. Lara says, “In all of our NSOCs, we’ve seen the metrics go in the right direction, for both academic and discipline and behavior.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=472&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Got A Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research shows that character education promotes academic achievement.  This makes sense because of the overlap in methods with effective schools and because common sense tells us that when students like school, feel a valued member of the school community, and feel that they are co-owners and co-authors of their educational experiences, they are more motivated and self-managed, and hence perform better, both academically and behaviorally. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=461&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Legal Isn&#8217;t Enough: Penn State&#8217;s Administrators&#8217; Moral Character Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cepnational</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post shares the Penn State scandal and raises questions regarding morals and ethics in leaders.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=446&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day – A Teachable Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Joseph W. Mazzola President &#38; CEO I had the great fortune of being raised by a loving family. They instilled in me certain values that shaped me into the person I am today. None of the adults in my family had much of a formal education though. My grandfather, for example, came to our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=428&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology and Character Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong character is essential in the use of technology used for classroom learning. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=423&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Gardens Grow Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[School gardens are a great teaching tool to enrich curriculum and improve health, but Julian Elementary sees gardens as a way to grow character. New research by the Royal Horticulture Society shows that as well as helping children lead happier, healthier lives, gardening “helps them acquire the essential skills they need to fulfill their potential.”  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=418&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resiliency in Youth: The Power of the Entrepreneur Mindset</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When author Clifton Taulbert was 13, he was hired to work in "Uncle Cleve's" Ice House. Doing all sorts of hard work, he found himself surrounded by a mindset of "I can" and "I will." He shares the lessons he learned about entrepreneuship and developing resiliency in today's youth.
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		<title>Start the School Year Off Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Sipos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All classes at Beauvoir, a 2011 National School of Character, spend the first 6 weeks of the school year developing class norms, class constitutions, contracts, or promises. Students also set specific personal goals called "hopes and dreams." <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forumoncharacter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6177822&amp;post=388&amp;subd=forumoncharacter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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