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What is character? Six Pillars of Character
2. Character is the defining qualification of the ruling class. Plato 3. Is Character Education theresponsibility of the School System? 4. Moral instructionas important asacademic instruction 5. Began with Puritanicalvalues McGuffey Reader The New EnglandPrimer 6. 19th Century 7. Horace Mann Board ofEducation Common schoolmovement Publically fundededucation 8. Schools werebecoming moresecular 9. John Dewey Progressivism Natural tendency toward justice & goodness Reasoning of moral decisions 10. World Wars The Great Depression Women in theworkforce Children returning toan empty house afterschool 11. 1950s Integration Sputnik 12. 1960s 13. United States Crime Rates 1960 to 2005 Year 14. Partnerships in Character Education Programpassed by Congress in 1994 15. 2001 16. Who is responsible for teaching Character FairnessResponsibility
