A beauty of a post from another blog!

A snippet from one of my favorite blogs . . . . the whole post can be seen by clicking on the Discover Christian Schools blog on the right.

How many Christian parents are failing their children on an issue with eternal stakes far greater than digital TV? This Christmas, how many Christian parents will sacrifice to provide their children with new toys, outfits, and electronic gadgets, while failing to provide what their children need most—the one thing God has commanded parents to provide for their children—a knowledge of God, a Biblical worldview?

How many Christian parents who would never, knowingly place their child in physical danger, will more than willingly place their highly impressionable children in spiritual danger every day in a public school system which must, by law, teach moral relativism? How many Christian parents will continue to enroll their intellectually curious children in a public school system which must, by law, artificially remove the truth of God from every academic subject, and which must, by law, remain not neutral (for neutrality when it comes to God is impossible) but anti-God (for acknowledging the creation without acknowledging the Creator is the epitome of idolatry)?

Have you seen the video for the Gemstone Initiative?

NO Baked Goods for YOU!!

California public schools are non-stop entertainment - read here.

Ultimate in hypocrisy!

Great article about how those at the highest level that advocate public education are the very ones that will not use it, inlcuding our new president. Click Here

Here's an excerpt: Many Members of Congress choose private schools for their children. Senators Edward Kennedy and Hillary Clinton have been outspoken opponents of school choice yet have sent their children to private schools. According to a 2007 Heritage Foundation survey, "...37 percent of representatives and 45 percent of senators in the 110th Congress sent their children to private schools -- almost four times the rate of the general population." Yet many of them vote against letting the rest of us have the same choice.

Open to posting comments

Anyone now can post comments to this blog - beware.

Halloween is bringing out the loonies . . . .

I guess this kid would have been better off dressing as Buddha - read here.

On a more serious note, another tidbit of craziness from the California public school system. Here is to hoping that Proposition 8 passes - I guess for the sake of kindergartners - read here.

The big question is: why sign the permission form?

Again, prepare to be shocked (or not if you read this blog regularly). Read here.

Another great example of public education thought process . . .

At first when you read this, you'll think, "Are you kidding me?" Nope. Email me when the first one pops in Denver. Read here.

Using the bathroom at Pitt!

Add this to the list of questions to ask on your next college visit - click HERE!

The importance of family on student success

At the secondary education level, high parental expectations continue to yield significant schooling benefits.[66] In one study of high school seniors, "parental expectations for achievement stand out as the most significant influences on [their] achieve­ment growth, high school credits completed, and enrollment in extracurricular academic high school programs."[67] High parental educational expecta­tions are also associated with math and reading scores, interest in school, academic self-discipline, future planning, and motivation for school work.

A snippet from a great article - Click here.

What every parent should know about public schools.

This might be common knowledge, but here are some obvious facts - click HERE.

No Good News Clubs

Soon Minnesota schools may have to be considered in the same breath as California schools. Click Here for an interesting article.

College worth it?

Interesting article about the value of college - not sure if I agree, but it is a good read. CLICK HERE!

No Bible Clubs Allowed

More nonsense from a public high school - click here.

At least California reversed its decision on allowing home-schools.

Vouchers at the college level?

Colorado Christian just recently got its state scholarship funding back:

Here's the brief:

Students at Colorado Christian University will get state scholarships under a decision Friday by two Colorado agencies.

State Higher Education Director David Skaggs and Attorney General John Suthers said they will not contest a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling reversing a state decision barring scholarships to students at the Lakewood campus.

The Colorado Commission on Higher Eduction [sic] had determined that CCU is “pervasively sectarian.”

In the July 23 decision, the appeals court held that the state erred in treating CCU differently from other schools that are owned by religious groups, but which were not deemed “pervasively sectarian.”

Two thoughts:

1. I love the phrase "pervasively sectarian" (the reason they previously did not get funds). That's code for "a Christian-based college that actually acts like it." I hope DLHS is pervasively sectarian.

2. Why not state scholarships for K-12 private schools? Colorado: vouchers for college kids and no one else!