Character education resources.

Character education resources. Last February February:see month. , the U.S. Department of Education's Office ofSafe and Drug-Free Adj. 1. drug-free - characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are usedsober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) Schools launched its new website for the CharacterEducation and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CETAC CETAC Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Programs Center (US Army)CETAC Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Centre ) tohelp provide information for state program administrators, educators andthe public. When the department unveiled the new site, U.S. Secretary ofEducation Rod Paige Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, built a career on a belief that education equalizes opportunity, moving from college dean and school superintendent to be called it "an excellent tool for educators,parents and the community across the nation because it providessignificant information and resources on character education and civicengagement--two key components in the historic No Child Left Behindeducation reform law." The CETAC website, at www.cetac.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.RFC 1591. , offers information onlegislative changes, current research, news and events. Another site that focuses on character education,GoodCharacter.com, has free resources, materials and lesson plans. Amongthe resources on the site are teaching guides for K-12 charactereducation, a how-to guide to service learning and a list of webresources for teachers. The GoodCharacter website, which recently won a Parents'Choice Award, can be found at www.goodcharacter.com.