Description |
vi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-224) and index. |
Summary |
Describes the efforts of a group of high school students from a small midwestern town who took it upon themselves to transform the improper behavior that was ruining their school by developing the first-ever character education program. |
Contents |
Prologue: A Blight of Violence Staggers America's Schools -- Fast Times At Mundelein High and the Students Who Had Enough -- Trouble Brews at an Illinois "Blackboard Jungle" -- Teachers to the Rescue -- Will the Principal and Superintendent "Get It"? -- A First Class Movement at Deerfield High -- Development and Liftoff -- The Students React -- Parents, Teachers, and Administrators React -- Refining "First Class" and Taking the Show on the Road -- Smoking Out the Bugs -- The Spread -- Special Cases: The Circle of Courage at Sweat Hog High -- Epilogue: A New Generation Carries the Baton -- Opinions, Reports, Facts, and Resources -- 20 Troubling Facts about American Education William Bennett -- U.S. Government Grants and State Reports -- Mundelein and Deerfield High Schools Facts, Information, and Memos -- Opinions on Character Education -- The Freedom Forum / Charles Haynes -- Commissioner of Education, Colorado / William J. Moloney. |
Subject |
Mundelein High School (Mundelein, Ill.) -- Case studies.
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Moral education -- United States -- Case studies.
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Mundelein High School (Mundelein, Ill.) (OCoLC)fst00761693
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Moral education. (OCoLC)fst01026058
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Sittliche Erziehung (DE-588)4055179-9
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Schule.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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Case studies.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Matera, Dary, 1955- Cry for character. Paramus, NJ : Prentice Hall Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)679451696 |
ISBN |
0735202729 |
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9780735202726 |
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