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Teaching on Principle and Promise:
The Foundations of Education

Mary-Lou Breitborde, Salem State College
Louise Swiniarski, Salem State College
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Chapter 10: Moral and Social Education

http://www.safeschools.org
National Alliance for Safe Schools, a nonprofit organization founded by school safety officers that offers safety assessments, training, and technical assistance to schools seeking to improve their security and response systems.

http://members.tripod.com/~twood/guide.html
Creating Safe Schools for Gay and Lesbian Students sensitizes educators to the need to provide emotionally and physically safe environments for homosexual youth. Includes suggestions for eliminating harassment and establishing supports.

http://www.cfchildren.org/
The Committee for Children is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization promoting children's health and academic and social welfare. Its website describes award-winning curricula for violence prevention and social and emotional learning and contains articles and related research

http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/template_cf.cfm?page=model&pkProgramID=20
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program offers training for schoolwide, classroom, and individual interventions based on extensive experience of Dan Olweus, a Norwegian researcher on the conditions that promote, or eliminate, bullying.

http://www.character.org
The Character Education Partnership, whose members include many national educational organizations, is a resource center promoting eleven principles of character education. It includes an awards program, newsletter, and journal.

http://www.jeffersoncenter.org
California's Jefferson Center for Character Education promotes the STAR programStop, Think, Act, and Reviewwith eight common values. The website has the program's philosophy, materials, and teaching ideas.

http://www.charactercounts.org/backgrnd.htm
Matthew Josephson's Character Counts program offers teachers training and character development seminars and other supports to schools who want to build a character education program around his Six Pillars of Character

http://www.devstu.org
The Developmental Studies Center in Oakland, California, sponsors the Child Development Project, a comprehensive school reform model that includes the creation of "caring communities." The website describes all aspects of the reform model, including activities and resources for community building.




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