The growing character education movement in public education bends over backwards to avoid any reference to religion's role in nurturing virtues and values. (religion-online.org)
The modern character education movement began as a reaction to the aggressively value - neutral school culture that emerged thanks to this combination of progressivism and meritocracy. (educationnext.org)
Indeed, if the vast and various character education movement is unified by anything, it is the conviction that schools can, and must, consciously and explicitly develop a healthy peer culture because such a culture is the indispensable foundation for successful learning. (educationnext.org)