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Article: Speaking up for public schools.(National Council of Churches suggests that public schools and Christians work together)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- March 10, 1999
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The saints are in retreat. Faced by what they consider moral as well as academic breakdown, some evangelical leaders are calling on Christians to withdraw their children from public schools and place them in private religious academies--or better yet--teach them at home. "Exodus 2000," they call it. And for those who miss the exodus, they have a backup plan: "Rescue 2010."
One of the leaders of the dump-public-schools movement is Robert Simons, director of Citizens for Excellence in Education. In a recent fundraising letter Simons says, "Our public school system unabashedly declares to our children, there is no such thing as right and wrong! There are no absolute ...