The "teaching of values" should be relabeled as an effort to help form the character of young people and to aid them in achieving moral literacy. There is a general consensus regarding helping children develop reliable standards of right and wrong to guide them through life. In order that children develop appropriate character traits, it is important they be able to identify both the form and content of these traits. Teachers and principals should be willing to articulate ideals and convictions to students, and to state not only the difference between right and wrong, but also make an effort to live that difference as role models for students. A wide choice of materials is available for infusion throughout the K-12 curriculum. (KWL)