Describes the experience of teachers and administrators at a middle school in Georgia as they faced the challenge of developing a curriculum for a character education program. Looks at how character education has been viewed across the century. Discusses the development by parents and educators of this character education program, its…

Because parents have abdicated to schools the responsibility for teaching ethics, New Rochelle High School has developed a "Curriculum For Caring" based on the ideas of Urie Bronfenbrenner. The authors describe the general content and objectives of this required program and note that student absenteeism and misbehavior have declined.…