Friday, January 18, 2008

Is Character Education the Answer?

"As incidents of in-school violence become more common, and strict disciplinary techniques and increased security measures fail to control the problem, many parents, educators, politicians, and social leaders are looking for reliable methods of prevention. Is character education the answer?"
So begins the examination of the potential of character education to pro-actively address the problems that stand between students and their education. Link

If you are a stakeholder in public education
I am betting that you will bookmark this site;
Education World, for your further reference.

"All of us in business and the entire adult community need to do our part in helping build young people of high character. There isn't a more critical issue in education today." (emphasis added)

Sanford N. McDonnell, Chairman emeritus of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

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