Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ371434
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Moral Imperative for American Schools: "...inflame the civic temper..."
Butts, R. Freeman
American Journal of Education, v96 n2 p162-94 Feb 1988
To revitalize the civic mission of education, schools must teach the morality of citizenship. Civic morality must be the first priority in the liberal and professional education of teachers and administrators. The core of all curriculum must stress the obligations and rights of democratic citizenship. (VM)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Civil Liberties, Curriculum, Democracy, Due Process, Equal Education, Justice, Moral Values, Patriotism, Privacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on the moral life of schools.
