The public schools of the U.S. are under fire! But, why? Do you recognize the apathy and disorder of this classroom in your school? I hope not. “Morning at a West Coast high schooL The first-period bell rings, barely audible above the classroom din. ‘O.K., everybody settle down,’ says the soft-spoken teacher of the course […]

Many who discuss liberal education begin with a survey of past ideas going back as far as antiquity. They often begin by pointing to the Creeks as free men liberally educated. I do not intend to give such an overview here. In fact, it is not so much my purpose to discuss educational philosophy, as […]

Every activity of mall is normally motivated by a variety of factors whether internal or external, physical or mental. Some of these may even be beyond one’s control. For the child of God it becomes imperative that his every action be properly and soundly motivated. In other words. whatever the Christian believer does should be […]

For non-residents of Grand Rapids a word of explanation may be in order with reference to the recent consolidation issue in that city. The proposal to consolidate the Christian Schools of Grand Rapids included nine elementary and/or junior high schools and Grand Rapids Christian High. The ten existing school societies and their boards would have been […]

Man’s greatest embarrassment in education today is his failure to find a satisfactory relation between religion and learning. Man is naturally, ineradicably religious. Yet he wants to free education completely from sectarian influences and therefore takes it out from under the aegis of religion. When he dismisses religion by sending it out the front door, however, […]

Professor Emerson W. Shideler, in setting forth a Protestant doctrine of education,1 claims to have found the way out of the dilemma of teaching religion in the public schools. If we accept his conception of education as conscious training in making decisions, we shall not be forced to deny the authenticity of our religious claims […]

This is the first of a series of three articles that deal with a very important theory of education. The second and third articles will appear in the February and March issues respectively. Ed. It is now thought possible that one can teach objectively and still be loyal to his religious allegiances and ideals. Upon the […]

NOTE No. 5 What is wrong with a Uf good educational program? It seems to be this: we have lost sight to an extent of the two covenantal demands which our Lord holds before us. Genesis 12:1–3 is a very instructive passage for us. When the Lord covenanted with Abraham he placed two demands before […]