The Harsh Truth about Public Schools: 02/04/05

The Harsh Truth about Public Schools

So what is this book about? It is about the many ways in which government schools are hazardous to children, and especially Christian children. Christian parents need to see government schools for what they really are, not for what they claim to be or for what they once were. This book is about why government schools are unreformable -- why they cannot and should not be expected to provide the Christian education that the Bible enjoins Christian parents to provide their children.

About Me

Name: Bruce

Location: United States

Bruce Shortt attended public schools through 12th grade; his mother was public school nurse; and, both of his grandmothers were public school teachers. His is a graduate of Harvard Law School, has a Ph.D. from Stanford University, was a Fulbright Scholar, and serves on the boards of directors of the Houston Ebony Music Society and the Exodus Mandate. He is a member of the North Oaks Baptist Church and currently practices law in Houston, Texas, where he resides with his wife and homeschool their sons. Mr. Shortt and T.C. Pinckney were co-sponsors of the Christian Education Resolution that was submitted for consideration at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Friday, February 04, 2005

New Book Explicates Realities of Public Schools

Bruce Shortt, the man who helped push the agenda of home-schooling versus public education before the Southern Baptist Convention, has written a book entitled "The Harsh Truth about Public Schools" that details the many failings of traditional public schools. According to Shortt, the school system teaches a worldview espousing "moral relativism (no fixed standards), academic dumbing down, far-left programs, near absence of discipline and the persistent but pitiable rationalizations offered by government education professionals." In order to rectify the problem among Christian families, Shortt suggests that the church need take responsibility in the direct educating of children, and only when public schools face the thread of collapse will there be true reform.