Center for Character and Citizenship

Center for Character & Citizenship

University of Missouri - St. Louis

Projects

The following is a list of some of the recent grants or contracts that illustrate the types of activities that are brought under the auspices of the Center:

Character Education Approach to Health Outcomes

What Works in Character Education: A subcontract with the Character Education Partnership funded by the Templeton Foundation. The contract involves a review of research on effective practices of character education.

National Character Education Clearinghouse: A subcontract with the National Character Education Partnership funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It entails a needs assignment for, and design of, a national clearinghouse for character education.

California Character Communities: Funded by the Templeton Foundation , this empirical study conducted in collaboration with California State University Fresno, examined the relationship between character education and academic achievement.

Caring School Communities: a subcontract with the St. Louis Cooperating School Districts funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The scope of work entailed implementing and evaluating "caring school communities" in 40 elementary schools.

Social and Character Development: A subcontract with Mathematica Policy Research funded by the Institute for Education Science, U.S. Department of Education. The project entailed a multi-site evaluation of national implementation projects.