Anti-teacher climate humbles the conservative husband of a Cleveland educator: Connie Schultz
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 5:15 AM Updated: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 9:25 AM
View full sizeSupporters of Senate Bill 5 wave signs outside the Ohio Statehouse on March 2 in Columbus. Teachers and other public workers are the center of controversy because of the Ohio legislature's effort to limit their collective-bargaining rights.It's a question on a lot of parents' minds these days: How do we teach character?
New York Times columnist David Brooks was in Cleveland on Monday to talk about his new book, "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement." During the audience Q-and-A, the self-described conservative was asked how he would design high school curriculum to include the teaching of character.
Brooks shared a memory of his own teachers: "I don't remember what they taught me, but I remember how they behaved." Many in the audience nodded and murmured in agreement.
Like most people, I could easily rattle off the names of several teachers who changed my life by
