In this article, Nancy Barile, an urban high school teacher, questions whether "grit" can solve all students' problems. She states that when she first began teaching 20 years ago, she realized almost immediately that, as an urban school teacher, she needed to encourage grit in her students. She told "gritty" anecdotes of…

Defines the value-clarification approach as one that teaches the individual to think through issues, and, eventually, to develop his or her own value system through a cognitive process involving verbalization, role-playing, and composing value-laden situations. Its overriding aim is, through examination, consideration, and exploration, to make…