by Bob Allen | May 18, 2006 | News
A columnist in Kentucky’s largest newspaper has endorsed a Baptist Center for Ethics pastoral letter urging support for public schools. David Hawpe, vice president and editorial director of the Louisville Courier-Journal, writes a column twice a week on politics...
by Bob Allen | May 15, 2006 | News
Nearly half of new public school teachers leave the profession within five years, most often because of poor working conditions or low pay, according to a recent study by the National Education Association. Release of the study coincided with May 9, this year’s...
by Bob Allen | May 12, 2006 | News
More than 200 signatures are on a Baptist Center for Ethics pastoral letter supporting public education issued three weeks ago. The Nashville, Tenn.,-based BCE issued the letter with 56 original signatures April 21. Other pastors, church staff members, convention and...
by Laura Seay | May 11, 2006 | Opinion
What is the value of public education? Should Baptist Christians enroll their children in public schools, or is a mass “exodus” to home and parochial schools in order? This question is once again at issue in the Southern Baptist Convention. Some members of...
by Bob Allen | May 11, 2006 | News
Two of the six Southern Baptist Convention seminaries have joined as sponsors of a “Kingdom Education Summit” during next month’s SBC annual meeting, and a top administrator at one will speak, the meeting’s organizer announced Wednesday. The...
