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It Is Ironic That Anyone Who Appeals To Religious Values Today Runs The Risk Of Being Called 'divisive' Or Attacked As An Enemy Of Pluralism.

The Elementary School Must Assume As Its Sublime And Most Solemn Responsibility The Task Of Teaching Every Child In It To Read. Any School That Does Not Accomplish This Has Failed.

I Have No Doubt That The Real Irritation Of Those On The Religious Right Is Not That Their Particular Creed Is Not Embraced By The Schools, But That Often Their Creed Is The Only One Singled Out For Contempt.

The Formation Of Character In Young People Is Educationally A Different Task From, And A Prior Task To, The Discussion Of The Great, Difficult, Ethical Controversies Of The Day. First Things First. And Planting The Ideas Of Virtue, Of Good Traits In The Young, Comes First. In The Moral Life, As In Life Itself, We Take One Step At A Time. Every Field Has Its Complexities And Controversies. And So Does Ethics. And Every Field Has Its Basics. So Too With Values.

A City University Of New York Study Done In 1991 Revealed That Nearly 90% Of The American People Identify Themselves Religiously As Christians Or Jews, While Only 7.5 Percent Claim No Religion.