“Let virtue be thy guide, and truth thy beacon-light”: Moral and civic transformation in Indianapolis’s public schools

Civic and Moral Learning in America

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-151

  Ramsey, Paul J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403984722     Document Type: Chapter

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