From what I've heard about what school was like prior to, say, 1960 ("sit up straight or you'll get the cane!") old-school schools would have embraced the idea

From what I've heard about what school was like prior to, say, 1960 ("sit up straight or you'll get the cane!") old-school schools would have embraced the idea that their job was to teach good behaviour as well as academic skills. It is, perhaps, a shame that some of this has been lost.