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2003
  Summer Teacher Academies in South Carolina and Colorado. The South Carolina Academies were hosted at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, and USC-Salkehatchie in Allendale. The Colorado Academy was hosted at Pueblo #60 School District, Pueblo, CO.
2003   The Core Virtues Program: Schools for Moral and Academic Excellence, a U.S. Department of Education grant to provide professional development over four years to teachers in the Pueblo #60 school district in Colorado in partnership with the Link Institute and the National Council on Teacher Quality.
2002   A Foundation for Citizenship Through Character Education,a U.S. Department of Education grant to provide professional development over four years to teachers in the Brighton and Ware- Amherst, MA school communities.
2002   Character: The Heart of Citizenship. A presentation given by Karen Bohlin at the Summit on Civic Learning held at the Massachusetts State House. Sponsored by Senator Richard T. Moore
2002   Four Summer Teacher Academies in South Carolina. Hosted at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, USC-Salkehatchie in Allendale, and Wofford College in Spartanburg.
2001   Journal of Education: Can Virtue Be Taught at the University? (Bohlin [Guest Ed.]) Volume 182, Number 2.
2001   Summer Teacher Academies in South Carolina and Massachusetts. The South Carolina Academies were hosted at Coker College in Hartsville, SC, USC-Salkehatchie in Allendale, SC, Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. The Massachusetts Academies were hosted by the Hampshire Educational Collaborative in Northampton, MA for the Ware and Amherst, MA school districts.
2001   Building Character in Schools Resource Guide. Bohlin, Farmer and Ryan (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass).

2000

  December 5, 2000 -- Dedication of the Ryan Library for Ethics and Education.
2000   Summer Teachers Academy: Building Character in Schools. Supported by the MA Department of Education, Bourne Public Schools, MA.
2000   Three Summer Teacher Academies in South Carolina. Hosted at Wofford College in Spartanberg, USC/Salkahatchie in Allendale, and Coker College in Hartsville. Supported by the SC Department of Education.
1999   Teachers as Educators of Character: Are the Nation's Schools of Education Coming Up Short?Emily Nielsen-Jones, Kevin Ryan and Karen E. Bohlin (Washington, D.C.: Character Education Partnership)
 
1999- 2001   Character Education Professional Development Pilot Project for the Lynn Public Schools, Lynn, MA.
1999   National Schools of Character.CAEC's joint effort with the Character Education Partnership to spotlight and award ten schools of character across the country.
1999   Karen E. Bohlin becomes executive director of the CAEC.
1999   Building Character in Schools.Ryan and Bohlin (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass).
1998   Milledgeville Teacher's Academy. Hosted at the Georgia Military Academy and cosponsored by the Georgia Humanities Council.
1998   Schools of Character:The Ninth Annual Business WeekAwards for Instructional Innovation. CAEC's joint effort with the Character Education Partnership to spotlight and award ten schools of character across the country.
1998   Chelsea Character Education Institute: Building a Community of Virtue. Sponsored by the Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, MA.
1999   Savannah Teacher's Academy. Cosponsored by the Georgia Humanities Council, Savannah, GA.
1997   Chelsea Teacher's Academy, Chelsea, MA.

1997

  Character Education Curriculum Framework and History Curriculum. Developed for Advantage Schools, Inc. by Karen Bohlin, Susan Goldsmith and Deborah Farmer.
1996   Summer of Heroes Reading Challenge and Essay Contest.A statewide reading initiative for middle school students. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education.
1996   Character Education Manifesto.Ryan, Bohlin, and Thayer. Endorsed by thirty-seven prominent educators nationwide and governors from eight states.
1996   Boston Teachers Academy. Hosted at the State House. Cosponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education.
1993  

Journal of Education: Education and the Advancement of Ethics and Character (Delattre and Russell [Guest Eds.]) Volume 175, Number 2.

1991- 1993   The Core Teaching Project. A collaborative project of Boston University's School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences. Sponsored by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). The project enriched humanities education for prospective teachers at BU.
1991- 1992   New Hampshire Summer Teacher Academies. Cosponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Hampshire Department of Education.
1989   CAEC founded by Professor Kevin Ryan.

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