11.   In many schools, character education goes little further than a word-of-the-week appearance on the school marquee.

12.   Many of the new cadets initially dismiss character education as irrelevant.

13.   Nonetheless, in every state, the Character Education Partnership says, there is some form of character education, often using a mix of private and public money.

14.   Our schools ought to expand character educations.

15.   Several highly publicized shootings at schools in recent years sparked a push for character education, which is now mandated in classrooms in New York and other states.

16.   Teachers at schools with character education programs are now able to present values more systematically, advocates say.

17.   The company, which also emphasizes character education, hires teachers and buys books.

18.   The plans include everything from providing more money to teach reading to promoting school safety and character education.

19.   The topic was character education.

20.   They include character education and relationship education, and we believe they work.