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003			OCoLC
005			20240726093706.0
008			150617s2009 xxu b 000 0 eng d
020			_a9780313351037
035			_a(OCoLC)911586627
040			_aZAP _beng _erda _cZAP
050	0	4	_aLC311.J59.J496 2009
050	0	4	_aLC311
100	1		_aJeynes, William H, _e1
245	1	2	_aA Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools. _hPR
300			_a332 pages.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520	0		_aThis book offers an examination of the related topics of school prayer and character education in the United States, advocating for their return to public schools. In 1962 and 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court made rulings that removed prayer and Bible reading from public schools. But in the aftermath of the rulings, the nation endured one of the worst and longest sustained increases in juvenile crime in its history. Is there a connection? According to William Jeynes, the lack of both school prayer and consistent moral instruction in our schools has had devastating consequences both for our education system and for the nation as a whole. In "a Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools", Jeynes makes a compelling case for restoring moral instruction and nonspecific religious moments to the classroom as a way of restoring a much needed moral grounding in American society in general. "A Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools" traces the history of character education in the public schools, including coverage of leading advocates of their inclusion from Thomas Jefferson to DeWitt Clinton to Horace Mann. Jeynes then offers a broad survey of the country since the Supreme Court decisions of 1962 and 1963, asserting that most of America's greatest problems are moral in nature, and could be addressed by making moral instruction and a focus on the spiritual a part of our young citizens' school lives. [Foreword by William J. Murray..
521			_aElementary Secondary Education.
530			_a2
653			_aReligious Factors
653			_aClassroom Environment
653			_aEducational Administration
653			_aEducational Change
653			_aElementary Secondary Education
653			_aCurriculum
653			_aTeaching Methods
653			_aSurveys
653			_aIndividual Development
653			_aValues Education
653			_aSchool Prayer
653			_aPersonality
653			_aCrime
653			_aPublic Schools
653			_aEthical Instruction
786	0		_nPraeger
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell