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About the Center

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young studentsTHE CENTER FOR THE 4TH & 5TH RS co-sponsors the Smart & Good Schools Initiative in partnership with the Institute for Excellence & Ethics (www.excellenceandethics.com). The mission of a Smart & Good School is integrating excellence and ethics: developing performance character (doing our best work) and moral character (doing the right thing) within an Ethical Learning Community. The Smart & Good Schools Initiative hosts an annual K-12 Summer Institute, conducts on-site trainings, carries out research, publishes the excellence & ethics education letter, and creates programs (Power2Learn™ and Power2Teach™) that help schools implement the Smart & Good vision.

Smart & Good Schools
Summer Institute

View General Sessions

Matt Davidson on the
power of character (2009)

Usha Balamore on
The Shipley School (2009)

Ron Berger on
project-based learning (2005)

Learn about the
Smart & Good Schools Initiative

Download report, articles, handouts, PowerPoints, instruments, & more.

Smart & Good High Schools report

Art student and teacher

100 Practices

“A brilliant blend of research, conceptual clarity, and real-world
best practices.”

—Journal of Research in Character Education

Major funding provided by the John Templeton Foundation and the Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation