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Wynne, Edward – Principal, 1986
Growing public concern with student discipline, increases in student suicide rates, homicides, and high pregnancy rates of teenage girls are causing educators to give renewed attention to the concept of "character development" in public education. (MD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1987
The National School Boards Association proposed to the United States Department of Education a project, "Building Character in the Public Schools," designed to enhance character development in the schools through involvement of more than 15,000 local school boards in this country. The project had two overall goals: to heighten national awareness…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Change Strategies