Not government, not schools. But no one is served, least of all parents, when children walk into a moral vacuum for eight hours per day. Character education supports parents to reinforce the values they teach their children at home. The schools with character education curricula have turned the corner. They ve reduced suspensions, vandalism, and violence.
Academic scores are up.
But more importantly is how it touches the souls of our children. They learn that they have the courage to stand up for what is right and true and good. They discover that they have an eternal destiny, that they are useful, indispensable. I went to one inner-city school where violence swirls around the lives of the students. Sometimes the students arrive to school in the morning with tears dried on their cheeks.