US turns to Gandhi to stop teen violence

Jersy City, New Jersey: Amid Reports of increasing teenage violence across the United States, a bill has been introduced in the New Jersey Assembly seeking to include Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence teachings in school curriculum throuhout the state.
The Bill, introduced along with 17 other bills to stem youth violence, would require schools to teach the non-violence teachings and philosophies of Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr. as part of te Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies in schools if it is passed.

(India Abroad News Servies)