Direct linkERIC Number: EJ773994
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Feb
Pages: 5
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Character and Academics: What Good Schools Do
Benninga, Jacques S.; Berkowitz, Marvin W.; Kuehn, Phyllis; Smith, Karen
Phi Delta Kappan, v87 n6 p448-452 Feb 2006
Though there has been increasing interest in character education among policy makers and education professionals, many schools hesitate to do anything that might detract from their focus on increasing academic performance. The authors present evidence indicating that this may be misguided. (Contains 13 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Social Values, Values Education, Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, School Role, High Achievement, Correlation, Educational Quality, Educational Environment
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Language: English
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