Smart & Good High Schools: Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work, and Beyond by Thomas Lickona and Matthew Davidson is a 2-year study describing 100 promising practices drawn from 24 diverse, award-winning high schools. It provides the theory, research, and practical strategies that serve as the foundation for the Smart & Good Schools approach now being used by elementary, middle, and high schools. It is available online (caution: large pdf file) or can be ordered as a bound copy.
"Smart & Good Schools: A Paradigm Shift for Character Education" (article in Education Week, Nov. 2007).
"Smart & Good Schools: A New Paradigm for High School Character Education"(chapter by Matthew Davidson, Thomas Lickona, and Vladimir Khmelkov in L. Nucci and D. Narvaez , Eds. Handbook of Moral and Character Education. NY: Routledge, 2008). Describes the theory, research, and essential practices of the Smart & Good Schools vision.
The 4 KEYS: Maximizing the Power of Any Character Education Practice" (lead article in the winter 2009 issue of excellence & ethics).
Performance Values: Why They Matter and What Schools Can Do to Foster Their Development (CEP Position Paper).The paper reviews research on the complementary contributions of performance character and moral character to human development and achievement and describes ten practices that teachers and schools have used to develop performance character. In this expanded vision of character education, a school or community of character is one that helps us "be our best" and "do our best" in all areas of our lives.
For more resources, visit the Smart & Good Schools Initiative site.
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PowerPoint presentations from the 15th annual Smart & Good Schools Summer Institute (June 29 - July 1, 2009)
