Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong

Kilpatrick's critique of values-clarification curricula landed with real force in 1993 and helped spark the character-education movement — and the annotated reading list for children and teens remains genuinely useful. But at 30-plus years old, the specific curriculum examples are museum pieces, and the cultural arguments about rap and rock music undermine an otherwise thoughtful case. Parents and educators with a traditionalist lean who haven't read it may still find it historically interesting; for most readers there are fresher treatments of the same concerns.