National Schools of Character

Every year, the Character Education Partnership recognizes ten K–12 public and private schools and districts as National Schools of Character for their outstanding work in character education.

Winning schools and districts receive a $20,000 award, half of which is used for outreach to other schools and districts.

Winners may differ in their methods and implementation, but all have comprehensive character education programs that exemplify CEP's Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education and serve as models for others. The criteria used to judge award winners is CEP's Character Education Quality Standards. As part of the application process, applicants score themselves using this document.

Applications for the 2008 awards are due by December 3, 2007. Visit www.character.org for a complete list of rules, including a downloadable application and the documents mentioned above.