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Article: Public Education Needs Support Of Religion, Says Philly Supt.(Philadelphia, PA)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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The head of Philadelphia's public school system has challenged religious groups to affirm their support for public education.
"The basic morality of the nation is at stake in public education," David Hornbeck, Philadelphia' superintendent of schools, told the annual assembly of the National Council of Churches Nov. 11. "The leadership responsibility to act courageously and imaginatively and to speak relentlessly and powerfully with a prophetic voice and moral authority rests with our communities of faith."
More than 200 church leaders attended the meeting, held in Chicago, reported Religion News Service. Hornbeck's comments came during a session on a ...