Confessing our weaknesses

Time to admit Christian education has its problems, too | Joel Belz

Regular readers of this column are no longer surprised to find me blasting away at the public, state-sponsored educational establishment. I don't think that either in theory or in practice, thoughtful citizens should any longer expect much that is good from that huge and terribly secularized bureaucracy. And I've said that so very often in this space that I fear I have genuinely offended some of our faithful readers.

Here, I want to confess explicitly some of the embarrassing weaknesses of Christian education, all too apparent in both school and homeschool versions. And then, I should announce right up front, I'll say two things on the subject that will probably still prove offensive to those who support public education. But I promise to do it good-naturedly.