Character Education and Curriculum Sometimes the answer to a difficult question is directly in front of us. The intrinsic value in teaching character education should never be a question of what, but rather how to integrate the curriculum to help students manage themselves with a degree of respect and fairness that we need to see every day. Looking at the front wall of the ELL classroom today, I could see the student agreement created on August 6, 2013. The agreement is completely centered and expressed on the student. The teacher is simply a manager of voices and questions to help students think about answers. Each part of the agreement must be a statement that eliminates the words “not” from the equation (Twining, Michelle 2013). Repetition of the words “I can” helps ELLs connect to the sentence and vocabulary. Agreement and virtues The agreement begins with a statement and is followed by important words that evoke the virtues of a democracy. This agreement is written concurrently with social studies and government at levels that all students will understand. All K-6 students must participate...