Articles & Letters

"Character Education, Prevention, and Positive Youth Development"
Victor Battistich from University of Missouri, St. Louis, attests to the importance of character education in addressing academic accountability issues.



Not Just Another "Thing on the Plate"
Article by Chris Briggs-Hale, Waterfall Learning, Inc.


The Importance of Evidence-Based Evaluation in Character Education and a Brief History of Character and Moral Education in the United States

Keynote address to federal grantees at the U.S. Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools Conference in Washington, D.C., given by Dr. Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, PhD, of Fordham University on October 19, 2005.


An Open Letter about Comunity of Caring
from Superintendent Ron Leon, Rowland Unified School District, Rowland Heights, CA


One Community's Journey: The Transformational Power of Community of Caring in Cripple Creek, CO by Chris Briggs-Hale, principal of Cresson Elementary School in Cripple Creek, CO