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There are several national and international organizations disseminating information on character education and building a network of schools and businesses committed to teaching universal ethical values as the core of good character. The desire of this movement is not to replace the education of values in the home, but to expand the teachings to support the alliance of home, school and community in pursuit of a balanced education.
Of course, a child’s first teachers of character training are the parents. The next in line are the classroom teachers, who, during the school year, have the teaching responsibility for more hours of the day than anyone else— including parents. Coaches are also teachers in a young child’s life. Young athletes can learn more from their coaches about character than about athletic performance.
In schools that teach character education, learning is no longer limited to academics. Instead, students are learning a new way of life—a life guided by character. This approach makes young people keenly aware that each and every day, in a multitude of situations, it is their own character that is at stake and challenges them to consider the question: What kind of person do I want to be?
Children learn that their character is defined by what they do, not what they say or believe. They learn that good
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