If You Teach Good Character and Good Citizenship There Might be Education Free Grant Money For You!

The Partnerships in Character Education Program awards grants to schools for up to four years to eligible state and local education agencies to design and implement character education programs, which teach students core ethical concepts, such as: civics; citizenship; justice; responsibility; and respect themselves and others.

Grant recipients must show how they have integrated character education into classroom instruction and teacher training.

Schools in California, New York, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Mexico will share $15.5 million in grants designed to help them implement programs that teach the principles of character development and the responsibilities of citizenship to their students, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today.

'Character education in the classroom supports students on a path to becoming honorable and compassionate,' Secretary Spellings said.

They also must involve parents, students and the community in the process. The projects are evaluated to determine their success in helping students develop positive character, reduce discipline problems and improve academic achievement. Projects also must increase parent and community involvement with the school. This year's recipients were chosen from among 227 applicants. Since 1994, a total of 136 state and local education agencies have received character education grants. No Child Left Behind expanded funding for the Partnerships in Character Education Program from $8 million to $24 million.

Some of the awards:

Costa MesaOrange County Department of Education Contact: Betsy Arnow, (714) 327-1053 $549,382

NapaNapa County Office of Education Contact: Julie McClure, (707) 665-4232 $412,873

HaywardAlameda County Office of Education Contact: Ginny Lee, (510) 670-4283 $493,077

San DiegoSan Diego County Office Of Education Contact: Charles Daleo, (619) 718-6674 $496,393

LennoxLennox School District Contact: Carrie Ann Ortiz, (310) 330-4910 $344,613

Ft. LauderdaleSchool Board of Broward County Contact: Dianne Sepielli, (754) 321-2494 $376,260

LargoSchool Board of Pinellas County Contact: Charlie Eubanks, (727) 588-6299 $452,634

QuincyGadsden County Schools Contact: Jan Anderson, (850) 627-9651 $383,512

Las VegasNortheast Regional Education Cooperative Contact: Mary Schutz, (505) 426-2085 $497,556

More information on Character Education grants is available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html. About Author :

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