Public Vs. Private Schools

Private education and public education both has his similarities and differences. Most educators, parents have bought into a belief that education can be "religion-neutral". They are convinced that teachers can train the mind without shaping attitudes, behavior, or spiritual beliefs. The company goes something like this: the government schools will supply the raw data (the "neutral" facts), and parents can add the value system at home. Even in school is that try their level best to achieve academic objectivity, and then a precious few of them, the goal is never reached.

Romans 12:2 says, "and been not conformed to this world: in ye transformed by renewing your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God". This text is basically saying that we must start thinking spiritually, which refers to the fact that everything is furnished to us through the cross, and is obtained by faith and not works. In this verse, Paul observes the vital link between what we learn and what we become. All of us are transformed by the renewing off our minds; a task made impossible when the primary impetus for that renewal is either not taught at all, or else reduced to was to a history book. "This school system that ignores God teaches its pupils to ignore God", writes Gordon Clark (education observer). "This is not a neutrality. It is the worst form of antagonism, what it judges God to be unimportant and irrelevant in human affairs. This is not atheism".

For arguments sake, let's say that educational neutrality is possible; that teachers can create a sterile environment in which the mind is stimulated while the spirit remains unaffected. Even if a school could achieve that and, the Bible clearly urges you to send your children there. In fact, the strongest indictment comes from Jesus himself. In Matthew 12:30, Jesus stated, "he who has not with me is against me". This is basically saying that it is impossible to take a neutral position regarding Christ; the word "against" denotes intense opposition. Schools that strive for neutrality are nothing more than apathetic or lukewarm. And when you place children in that kind of environment, you are sending them to an institution that, in the Lord's own words, should be considered an enemy. It's worth noting that founders of America's public schools system, John Dewy and Horace Mann, open the express their hatred of Christianity. They freely admitted to being "against Jesus". But even when public schools try to straddle the religious fence, they always fall down. This can't help but have an adverse effect on children. If you administer healthy amounts of damage control, you may be able to reduce the negative impact. But you'll never eliminate it. Because when fable replaces fact in the classroom, when relativism replaces absolutism, it not only this pleases the creator. It deceives those who follow him, all the more when the recipients of such propaganda or our young, impressionable students those who follow him.

Jesus placed all builders into one off two groups; souls who build on a solid foundation, and those who don't. Herein lies the primary difference between Christian and public education. One builds its academic house on the unwavering truths of God's word; the other on the shifting sand of moral relativism. The results are predictable enough. Private schools teach students to understand and live all of life with an eternal perspective, while maintaining a daily, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Public schools, on the other hand, teach children that God is either irrelevant or non-existent. Jesus Christ, if mentioned at all, is said to be nothing more than a good, moral teacher. From these philosophical differences spring forth many practical ones. For example, public schools teach young people that man landed on the moon. But Christian students learn that space travel would have been impossible unless both man and space had been created. These disparities are significant, but at the end of the day they all stem from a foundational difference of opinion. By sending your children to a Christian school, you'll be moving to a house built on a foundation of absolute truth instead of absolute relativism. Any years from now, when the strong winds of life blows in a strong foundation, together with your own positive influence, will combine to help keep your children from falling and in the end to stand.

Public Education

Public education may be provided by a national or regional government (Providence, state, territory, etc.), why may be provided by a local (non-State) government. Where public education is provided by the state by a regional government,