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Christian History Corner: A Protestant Bishop Speaks Out on the Stakes of Public Education
Why concerned parents should read the 17th-century Moravian educational reformer Jan Amos Comenius.
By Chris Armstrong | posted 08/30/2002 | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
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When some of the standers-by smiled, he said, "I am not jesting. My speech is serious. I look on these little boys not as they are now, but as the Divine mind purposes, on which account they are delivered to us for instruction. Assuredly such leaders will come forth from them, though they may be mixture of chaff among them as among wheat."
Why should we not with equal confidence declare a glorious future for children of Christian parents since Christ who revealed the eternal secrets said that "of such is the Kingdom of God."
Christians concerned about current trends in education, including those who have chosen the home-schooling route, need to read Comenius. A good place to start is the book just quoted, which was published by the University of North Carolina Press at Chapel Hill in 1956 (unfortunately, it's now out of print). His masterwork on education was The Great Didactic, the full description of his method for setting up and running schools.
Chris Armstrong is managing editor of Christian History magazine.
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