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Character education is teaching kids about good traits that help them get along well in society. It is about the core values we all need to cooperate and keep our society running smoothly. Character education started a long time ago because leaders realized that having people who respected others and were honest and fair was essential to our society continuing to grow successfully. Character education is still important today, and teaching core character values is one of the Department of Education's six key goals.

"Character education is a learning process that enables students and adults in a school community to understand, care about and act on core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue and citizenship, and responsibility for self and others. Upon such core values, we form the attitudes and actions that are the hallmark of safe, healthy and informed communities that serve as the foundation of our society." –US Dept. of Education, Character Education…Our Shared Responsibility - See more at: http://talkingtreebooks.com/what_is_character_education.html#sthash.Dxn1DhHs.dpuf 

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