The Six Virtues of the Educated Person: Helping Kids to Learn, Schools to Succeed [Paperback]

The Six Virtues of the Educated Persondiscusses two ways of trying to improve American education - how we do it now, and how we ought to do it. This book offers an alternative schooling model - one that builds on the positive aspects of our current model and provides hope for public school improvement. It will not be easy, but we can move from our current model to the alternative and this book provides a clear outline of how this can be done by challenging the most fundamental aspects of American public schools and educating audiences in the 6 virtues of understanding, imagination, strength, courage, humility and generosity.John Casey Hurleyis a former English teacher, coach, and high school principal. He teaches educational foundations, leadership, politics, and ethics at Western Carolina University.

The existence of 50 educational systems in the United States makes it difficult to know what it means to be educated. Casey Hurley presents a meaningful answer to this problem. His definition of the educated person is a unifying theme for all educators. Don Chalker, former superintendent, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Public Schools

The Six Virtues of the Educated Personis a thought-provoking book for educators and parents. It helped me understand the experiences of my three children in public schools and my inability as a parent to connect with their teachers in meaningful ways. I want this vision of schooling for my children and grandchildren. Deborah Porto, doctoral student and public school parent

InThe Six Virtues of the Educated Person, Casey Hurley draws upon 35 years in education to illuminate a new direction for schools. Those of us with experience in both public and parochial education find much that makes sense here. While public education is reeling from the current emphasis on testing, this book suggests the perfect antidote-a deep, meaningful definition of what it means to be educated. The six virtues are also a fl3Ï