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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Power, F. Clark; Sheehan, Kristin K.; McCarthy, Kara; Carnevale, Tom – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2010
Character educators have a special responsibility to look after children's welfare. At a time when one out of every five children lives below the poverty line, and the United States ranks next to last among the wealthiest nations of the world in looking after the well-being of its children, character educators cannot be silent. Character educators…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Values Education, Child Welfare, Child Advocacy
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Pike, Mark A. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2009
This article reports findings from a study of England's most improved academy, a high school in a former mining community serving a designated social priority area. The correlation between academic success and character education based upon the core values of the school is reported with reference to quantitative and qualitative data obtained from…
Descriptors: Integrity, Personality, Foreign Countries, Values
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Flay, Brian; Berkowitz, Marvin W.; Bier, Melinda C. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2009
This article provides an overview of each of seven programs evaluated as part of the Social and Character Development Research Program (SACD), a federally-funded multiprogram evaluation project. It further examines the theoretical underpinnings, the teaching strategies employed, the content delivered, modifications made to the implementation or…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Social Development, Teaching Methods