Character Education

An add on, i.e., one more thing teachers, with full plates, have to do.	Integral to all that is done in school...it is the plate.
A quick fix.	About gradual change in a school's culture over time
Only the work of the teacher, conceived of as moral missionary.	The job of every adult in the school, including the principal, librarian, cafeteria worker, and bus driver.
Solely the responsibility of parents or guardians, who are the primary moral educators of their children.	Effective when partnerships are forged among school, home, and community. Children learn from many adults in their lives.
The latest fad in education. (Character education is not "medicine" to cure current ills.)	The oldest, most critical mission of schools. (Character is a perennial concern. Character education provides "food," nourishing both educators and students.)
About subjective matters, i.e., personal values or political viewpoints.	About universally agreed upon virtues, i.e., good habits and dispositions.
About inborn and unchanging ways of being.	About way of being that are constantly practiced and developed.
About producing "cookie cutter" kids.	About strengthening students from within, i.e., helping them to develop good judgment, the capacity to choose wisely and well in all spheres of life.
About superficial, easily forgotten slogans.	About that which lasts a lifetime.