Category Archives: Public Schools

Dangerous Places

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Richard Heyduck

What should we make of this story? Apparently a school district in Indiana planned to hold its graduation ceremonies at a local church. I’m sure the church was thinking, “This is a way we can be generous and share with … Continue reading →

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Another, older, NCLB

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Charles Taylor (in A Secular Age) considers the depth of Reform in the middle ages to be much greater than the line from Wycliffe, to Huss, to Luther and beyond, connecting it to the rise of the modern preoccupation with … Continue reading →

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Beware! Watch out for this evil villain!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Back when I was a kid we wandered the neighborhood far and wide. Sometimes my parents knew what I was doing, sometimes not. I certainly didn’t have them accompanying me on all my adventures. Today we worry about our kids. … Continue reading →

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Teaching Religion in Public School

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

How can our public schools teach about religion? Stephen Prothero has just written a book (Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t) examining our failure at educating people in religion and proposing some ways we can … Continue reading →

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