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THE
SEARCH FOR VALUES
Introduction...
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We
want our children to be decent, hardworking, tolerant and honest people
of strong character. The problem is that we are confused about how
to make this happen.
Until the Supreme Court banned organized, school-sponsored prayer
as a violation of church and state, many public schools taught Christian
values openly. Most elementary schools continue to emphasize traditional
values like loyalty, cooperation and respect.
At the junior high and high school levels, however, the issue of values
and teaching values turns into a tinderbox. While some schools offer
courses designed to help young people develop or clarify their own
values, most have been 'cleansed' of religious and spiritual content.
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 In
this program we explore the question of how and where children are
learning their moral values. At the same time, we ask what messages
our schools are sending if they try to avoid the issue entirely.
Are our schools, as one observer said, becoming "...morally dangerous
places" for children? Can school be the meeting ground
instead of the battleground on which to work out our differences? |
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