Though our larger society feels its traditional values are threatened, the push for character education is motivated by moral concerns and is inappropriate for the school curriculum. Benefits of moral education have not been demonstrated and consume valuable instruction time better served by other topics. Moral values are best taught by example in…

Public schools have mirrored postmodern social transformations that have challenged our provincial notions of common values and defined roles. Postmodern innovations-inclusion, multiculturalism, full-day kindergarten, character education, and distance education--are the offspring of our new cosmopolitan society. Most have greater social than…