WORLD April 28, 2001: Susan Olasky: Dif'rent strokes

WORLD April 28, 2001: Susan Olasky: Dif'rent strokes

"Over the past 16 years our four sons have attended four different types of Christian schools. We've had children in a Lutheran school, a small school rooted in the Christian Reformed tradition, a large Southern Baptist school, and a classical Christian school. While some parents think there is one ideal type of Christian school, we've come to believe that no school has the corner on educational wisdom. Children differ and the types of schools that suit them will differ. But all good schools will share three important attributes: vision, leadership, and love.... We've seen four very different types of schools, but all of them--and Christian educators generally--face tough questions. How should they maintain academic excellence while realizing that not all children will be scholars? How can tuition be kept low enough to avoid economic segregation, and perhaps racial and ethnic segregation as well? How can we help children to love God in a society where they are propagandized to love just about everything else?"