Former Catholic Schools Try To Still Teach Values As Public Charter Schools

Today's New York Times reports on the effort to maintain Catholic values in seven Washington, D.C. parochial schools that converted to publicly funded charter schools this year. Instead of opening each day with the Lord's Prayer, students recite the school's honor code. Much of the curriculum focuses around 10 core values. Many students and teachers however still miss religion classes, references to scripture and the crosses that used to hang in classrooms.