CHARACTER COUNTS! is a national program that has been embraced by Botetourt County CHARACTER COUNTS! Leadership Council, Botetourt County Schools, Botetourt County Recreation Department, Botetourt 4-H ...

The city of Gaithersburg has been celebrating Character Counts! in October since 1996, but this year the program’s subcommittee has introduced a few changes in an effort to keep the community engaged ...

WATERLOO - Character counts in the Cedar Valley. That's a message that promoters of character education want the community to hear this week. Sunday marked the start of Character Counts Week, a ...

Miss Charleston 2004 Ashley Wood sees character — or its lack — as an issue that cuts to the heart of society. "There are many problems in our country … and I am passionate to solve all of them," Wood ...

In 1999, Joanne Acomb, with Alliant Energy, introduced a program called Character Counts to community leaders. Character Counts is a nationwide initiative that champions good character as a means to ...

The School District of Beloit is honoring students for demonstrating the attributes of the Character Counts Program. The children were honored at Family Fest this past weekend. Listed below are some ...

As an educational system, Austin Public Schools staff members not only want to graduate students who are successful academically, we also want to develop young adults of good character. It just makes ...

Austin Public Schools will implement a district-wide character education program titled Character Counts during the 2007-2008 school year. This program is a framework based on basic values called the ...

CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman will work with Drake University to create educational programming centered around good character. (Photo courtesy of Drake University) Drake University and CBS ...

We'd probably all agree that it's important to teach our kids that character is important. Thing is, we'd probably also agree that our generation hasn't been exhibiting a whole lot of it ourselves of ...