A transformed Free Exercise doctrine now compels states to subsidize religious education. A coordinated political infrastructure ensures that outcome is embedded in state policy.
I like how you name names. 😮 I have so much respect for people like you who speak truth to power.
Thanks for covering this important issue. If families have a problem with public schools, they can either be part of the solution or fund their own schools. Expecting taxpayers to fund their narrowminded curricula is pathetic. I have equally strong opinions about charter schools who only accept the "best" students.
I had thought ALEC was disbanded a while back. Is it still in operation?
Just a minor detail: I don't think standardized tests deserve that much validation. I suspect they're more about $$ than fair, evidence-based assessment. I do appreciate the attempt at an objective way to measure academic progress, though.
Thanks. I agree that those who want to fund religious schools can do so on their own dime, not the taxpayers’. One of the things that makes this so enraging for me is that they want to destroy and replace the public school system. It’s mind-boggling.
I wish ALEC was defunct, but they are still as active as ever and have an annual meeting scheduled for next month.
I dislike the system off standardized testing as well, for several reasons including the financial incentives that I’m sure you can relate to as an educator, but at least it provides some metrics when we need a comparison. There are several other studies I found and collectively demonstrate that Protestant religious schooling does not produce better educational outcomes than public schooling, and homeschooling students had the lowest educational attainment consistently, according to a Cardus Education Survey.
The way the CNP has too many Billionaire funded orgs at their disposal will always trouble me, like what happened to the “rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven” 💔🥀
Actually, Jesus said it’s impossible for the wealthy class to enter heaven (Matthew 19). It’s probably why they don’t quote the Synoptic Gospels that often and rarely in context. And the entanglement of economic power, political power, and religious authority is the very system Jesus opposed.
Was this article too similar to the last? Honestly, I got overwhelmed by the research.
I like how you name names. 😮 I have so much respect for people like you who speak truth to power.
Thanks for covering this important issue. If families have a problem with public schools, they can either be part of the solution or fund their own schools. Expecting taxpayers to fund their narrowminded curricula is pathetic. I have equally strong opinions about charter schools who only accept the "best" students.
I had thought ALEC was disbanded a while back. Is it still in operation?
Just a minor detail: I don't think standardized tests deserve that much validation. I suspect they're more about $$ than fair, evidence-based assessment. I do appreciate the attempt at an objective way to measure academic progress, though.
Thanks. I agree that those who want to fund religious schools can do so on their own dime, not the taxpayers’. One of the things that makes this so enraging for me is that they want to destroy and replace the public school system. It’s mind-boggling.
I wish ALEC was defunct, but they are still as active as ever and have an annual meeting scheduled for next month.
I dislike the system off standardized testing as well, for several reasons including the financial incentives that I’m sure you can relate to as an educator, but at least it provides some metrics when we need a comparison. There are several other studies I found and collectively demonstrate that Protestant religious schooling does not produce better educational outcomes than public schooling, and homeschooling students had the lowest educational attainment consistently, according to a Cardus Education Survey.
The way the CNP has too many Billionaire funded orgs at their disposal will always trouble me, like what happened to the “rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven” 💔🥀
Actually, Jesus said it’s impossible for the wealthy class to enter heaven (Matthew 19). It’s probably why they don’t quote the Synoptic Gospels that often and rarely in context. And the entanglement of economic power, political power, and religious authority is the very system Jesus opposed.
Was this article too similar to the last? Honestly, I got overwhelmed by the research.
You can tell I haven’t read the Bible in so long lol.
It felt like an expansion following the previous one, but tbf there’s too many connections to the CNP so makes sense if it’s similar imo.
You wouldn't have known. Not many Christians talk about that teaching, and when they do, they reinterpret it so that it doesn't apply to them.
And thanks!