Yet, substantial even drastic systemic change is still necessary if we as a nation are to salvage the moral fiber of our children. We call for state governors and legislative leadership to create committees to promote values education in the public schools. We call on school boards to state clearly the values they will teach and how they will teach them. All faiths work together to bring about systemic change and to encourage the teaching of values in public schools. To facilitate this effort we will strongly recommend a joint commission to meet quarterly to evaluate matters pending in the courts and before the Congress that will affect the promotion of values education in America.
Foundations underwrite values education programs in public schools.
The media, especially television, promote civic and personal values in their programming. We will assist in providing teaching materials and guides reflecting our shared moral values. Within our own educational institutions, emphasize anew our commitment to moral values which come ultimately, from divine revelation. Children are not born with values any more than they are born with math and reading skills. In a nation that spends billions of dollars to influence youth as to which cars to buy and which clothes to wear, it is a national disgrace to fail to teach basic values in the public schools.