Character Education: Cultivating Virtue in Modern Schools with Sharon Moss

Oct 21, 2025

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This episode of The American Classroom dives deep into the heart of Character Education, the timeless idea that schools should help shape not only what students know but who they become. Jared Taylor and Lindsey Crosland sit down with veteran educator and researcher Sharon Moss, whose passion for “virtue literacy” breathes new life into the field. Drawing from her decades in the classroom and her master’s research on character development, Sharon shares how literature, history, and daily classroom life can cultivate respect, perseverance, and integrity. She reminds us that while families remain the first teachers of character, schools play a vital supporting role—partnering with parents to help young people become wise, compassionate, and free-thinking citizens. Together, they explore how Character Education restores meaning to learning and strengthens the moral fabric of a civil society.

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