A high-quality values curriculum, I believe, would correlate positively with academic achievement. Much of what distracts children and adolescents from their studies would be resolved or quickly dealt with through the arsenal of skills provided by such a curriculum. I would like to see a page of ideas from across the country in NEA Today about how schools are involving their communities in helping to make their campuses safe. It's not just a school-based problem. The problem lies in the homes and the communities.
Young people use the schools as forums to act out their pain, prejudice, and disillusionment.
We can all draw ideas from one another if we share nationally. As a teacher and a violist, I have often played in the schools for a variety of students. I now teach science and apply the sound to wave study, motion of sound waves, and many other science topics. I see it as a way to continue to open my high school students to options, both scientifically and in the appreciation of the fine arts. Like most educators you incorrectly use the word technology when what you mean is computers.