Morals in this case are basic right/wrong because they're not being taught at home. Things like "don't steal", "don't hit people", "wipe your butt" (wish I was lying) etc. Simple things like actions have consequences because that isnt taught at home. Believe me, they would love to just teach them educational things like we learned 30 years ago but the parents just aren't doing the basics at home.... and this isn't an urban thing either, it's happening in the smaller schools too.Teachers should be teaching basic skills. As far as, morals, I think that is one of the things that teachers may want to stay away from. I've known young liberal teachers whose moral standards were very low (not pointing towards you) and often on display outside the classroom. My grandkids have some of their teachers who attend their church, just being there is a lesson. There will always be bad parents, bad kids and bad teachers. I didn't think that this would come to a teacher vs. parent argument as to public schools. I'd like to see a complete overhaul of the way we have public school. Some schools in a district seem successful, despite everything. Is it the demographics of the district or something else that makes them successful? Having bloated, administrative failures and seemingly, not improving student performance, is a problem for our society. Admittedly, liberals, taking away any consequences for bad behavior, has really tied the hands of teachers.