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>What is this subject called in the US? I'd love to find out more about what that teaches and what that doesn't. It's not a specific subject, but usually somet
by learc83 14y ago
>What is this subject called in the US? I'd love to find out more about what that teaches and what that doesn't.
It's not a specific subject, but usually something built into the overall curriculum. It's generally called character education: here's the relevant link for CA http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/charactered.asp http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/charactered.asp
Here's the relevant link for my state (Georgia).
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/GPS%20Support%20Docs/QCC%20Character%20Education%20K-5.pdf https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/GPS%20Support%20D...
>Wrt "not up to individual states", my understanding is that the states are responsible for the K-12 education curriculum, and so if there's moral education in K-12, I'd assume the state education board controls what goes in there. Am I wrong on this?
You are correct. However, if a state does something that clearly violates the Constitution, e.g. a state promoting a specific religion, it would eventually end up before the supreme court.
- kohsuke 14y agoThanks. These are interesting (and the difference between Georgia and California is far greater than I would have thought.) If anyone is interested, http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/papers/thes595.htm http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/papers/thes595.htm provides a reasonably comprehensive but short enough coverage of what the moral education subject looks like in Japan.