March 23, 2000

Right at the Start

Josephson, Others Discuss Raising Ethical Children

http://www.jewishjournal.com/ old_stories/article/right_at_the_start_20000324/

It's not only that children are killing children. There's also the fact, chronicled in such publications as U.S. News & World Report, that cheating is up in classrooms across the nation. No wonder educators of all stripes are pondering what it takes to teach ethics to their students.

Because children's behavior is molded at an early age, it was fitting that the Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE), in planning its 20th annual Early Childhood Spring Institute, chose as its theme "Educating An Ethical Child in the 21st Century." On March 6, nearly 1,100 Jewish preschool teachers joined 80 parents of young children to explore the Jewish side of moral education.