In this article, Bob Macioci, dean of student affairs at Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, describes the effort to elevate and align character education curriculum with the school's larger mission by the establishment of the Virtue Project, a program that challenges a select group of student leaders to promote and encourage both the intrinsic and…

Sexuality education presents biological facts in broad human terms, with emphasis on helping students to learn how, not what, to think about situations and issues involving sexual values and behavior standards. (Author/MLF)

Introduces "Facing History," a recent innovative use of an historical event, the Holocaust, as a means of educating students and teachers to the meaning of such things as human dignity, morality, conflict, decision making, survival, and individual responsibility. (JD)

Highlights the data collected from some 70 teachers and administrators, several hundred parents, and approximately 3,500 students involved in a family life curriculum project in 13 California public schools. Students reported that decision making, factual information, and self-esteem were the most important things they learned from the course.…

Advocates the use of daily journal entries as a vehicle for student expression to chart the process and progress of the course, "Facing History and Ourselves: The Holocaust and Human Behavior." Cites examples of student journal entries and suggests procedures for keeping journals. (JD)

Describes the curriculum involved in teaching "Facing History and Ourselves: The Holocaust and Human Behavior," a program written for secondary social studies students, and gives samples of student and educator reactions to the course. (JD)