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Article: From Aristotle to Angelou: best practices in character education.(feature)
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- Education Next
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- March 22, 2007
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The modern character education movement emerged in the 1980s as a consequence of growing parental and public concern for moral drift, or what sociologist James Davison Hunter referred to as "the death of character." This public anomie was captured in these words from Sanford McDonnell, chairman emeritus of McDonnell Douglas and chair of the Character Education Partnership (CEP), a national umbrella group that provides coordination, encouragement, and support to schools:
We have a crisis of character all across America .... the good news is
that we know what to do about it: get back to the core values of our
American heritage in our homes, our schools, our ...