Word: characterizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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And what does it mean to be "a person of character?" prompts Mrs. Orsini.
The drill continues at Gaithersburg Middle School, where even school T shirts are emblazoned GMS: WHERE CHARACTER COUNTS! No separate classes in character are taught, but teachers say it is integrated into the curriculum; thus a lesson about Helen Keller becomes a case study in courage and persistence. Students who...
The skepticism is shared by some experts, including Alfie Kohn, an educator and author in Belmont, Mass. "Most of what passes for character education is behavioral manipulation, not an invitation to reflect on values," he says. "It's no way to transform a community to say, 'Today is Tuesday; it...
Scholarly studies of the effects of character ed are encouraging but inconclusive. Teachers and administrators, though, say their programs work. Their evidence is anecdotal but remarkably uniform. Steinberg of Gaithersburg Middle School says that since he instituted character ed four years ago, test scores are up and suspensions are down...
At Fort Foote Elementary, a public school in Fort Washington, Md., Chickquita Jackson, a veteran instructor, testifies that "before character education came in, the kids were hostile, had bad attitudes and were very rude to classmates and adults...Now it's 100% better." At Fort Foote, character lessons are so...