{"id":1369,"date":"2013-06-18T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/06\/a-new-evangelical-engagement-with-public-schools.html"},"modified":"2013-06-18T06:11:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T06:11:00","slug":"a-new-evangelical-engagement-with-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/06\/a-new-evangelical-engagement-with-public-schools.html","title":{"rendered":"A New Evangelical Engagement With Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Why would evangelical Christians want anything to do with public schools? Judging from decades of culture war rhetoric, these are bastions of secular humanism where God and his fearers are unwelcome. School prayers \u2014 not allowed. Teaching creationism \u2014 verboten. Abstinence-only sex education \u2014 few to be found. Sharing the gospel openly \u2014 forget about it.<\/span><\/div>\n
Little wonder, then, that many evangelicals withhold their support, and kids. And through their support of conservative politicians and policies, evangelicals have been, broadly speaking, part of a political dynamic that has shrunk support, financial and otherwise, for public schools.<\/span><\/div>\n
But there is a serious problem with this flight from public education. Evangelicals are realizing there are real human beings in those left-behind schools who are struggling to teach and learn against difficult odds, and the future well-being of those kids and our communities depends on their success. Shouldn\u2019t Christians with hearts full of love and compassion be helping them?<\/span><\/div>\n
Absolutely yes, argues Nicole Baker Fulgham. Formerly vice president at Teach for America, Fulgham is author of the new book \u201cEducating All God\u2019s Children\u201d and heads an upstart nonprofit called The Expectations Project working to improve outcomes for students in our public education system. Fulgham and her work exemplify a new kind of evangelical engagement with public schools that is dedicated solely to helping kids rather than arguing over school prayer, evangelism, and other culture war flash points.<\/span><\/div>\n
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