Character education in America's blue ribbon schools
Subtitle: best practices for meeting the challenge
By: Madonna M. Murphy
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Moral education -- United States; Character -- Study and teaching -- United States; Values -- Study and teaching -- United States
Notes: "A ScarecrowEducation book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index
Table of contents: title: Can good character be taught?; title: A brief history of character education in the U.S. schools; title: Character education programs in the blue ribbon schools; title: Teachers of character; title: Dare we count drug prevention programs as character education?; title: Motivating students; title: Discipline programs that develop good character?; title: How does good citizenship contribute to good character?; title: Evaluating the effectiveness of character education in the blue ribbon schools