Character and Citizenship Resources

Below is a list of resources and organizations to learn more about educating for character and citizenship.

• A Framework for Character Education, by the Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham (in England).
• Developing Character in the Classroom, by Character.org.
• The Center for Character and Citizenship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
• How Learning Happens: Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning, by the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning.
• What is SEL?, by CASEL (the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning).
• Social and Emotional Skills: Everybody Loves Them But Still Can’t Define Them, by Anya Kamenetz for NPR.
• The 2016 Election as a Sputnik Moment for Character Education, by Jon Valant, The Brookings Institution
• The Character Lab
• CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)
• Academic Tenacity: Mindsets and Skills That Promote Long-Term Learning, by Carol S. Dweck, Gregory M. Walton, and Geoffrey L. Cohen