School: A Missed Opportunity for Teaching Values

Social scientists have rediscovered what has been obvious to others: that only by forming individuals from birth in values and virtues can societies prosper in all regards. It is extremely important—not sufficient, but necessary, crucial—for children to learn how to work with one another and to respect, even enjoy, one another inside and outside of their families. AFF thinks that this is the start of democracy, that the family nurtures it, and that the family needs schools to help it educate its children.

Recognizing the potential to educate children in democratic values, visionary schools in Mexico are participating in a special project involving the Alive to the World program. Called Democratic Values, this initiative will measure and increase young children’s assimilation of universal relational values such as respect, friendship, team work, and family cooperation. Joining AFF in this effort are USAID and the Templeton Foundation.

Please go here for a list of Venezuelan schools participating in this project.