Word: characterized
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Though unaffiliated with any religious denomination, Talent House calls itself a Christian school, where the day opens with the Lord's Prayer, and grace is spoken before each meal--character-building tools unavailable, of course, to the nation's public schools. But we live now in the bloody backwash of...
In a field as susceptible to fads as public education (Remember values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther...
Politicians too--surprise!--have discovered the elixir of schoolroom values. Last week Senator Pete Domenici, New Mexico Republican, proposed legislation to provide an additional $125 million over five years for character-education programs. At his conference last week on school violence, President Clinton--without apparent irony--endorsed character education. And...
But not so fast: any explicit instruction in the Ten Commandments would alarm guardians of the church-state wall. And in any case, they would have to be translated into modern educationese: Thou shalt model caring behaviors in interactive relationships with thy peer group. In the public schools, where any...
At Fields Road Elementary, a public school in Gaithersburg, Md., this month's pillar of character is Citizenship. School hallways have names: Responsibility Lane, Trustworthiness Terrace, Caring Corridor. In Tammy Orsini's first-grade class, students assemble in groups to list the traits that make good citizenship, which are then...