April 4th, 2025

Dear Readers,

So often, schools and teachers are so concerned with what students know. Can they name all fifty states? The presidents? The quadratic equation? The linear equation?

While these are very important for academic success and the development of the human brain, something is missing that current students just aren’t getting.

The difference between right and wrong.

This may be controversial, but more schools must teach their students how to be morally upright citizens.

How can a state-funded school determine what is morally right? The government can’t teach ethics and morality, can it?

No. It can’t.

Which is why I don’t think that public schools should do it.

I think churches should.

Most churches around the country do not currently have a school attached for their congregation to use. Why?

You might argue that they don’t have the money to do so or that they would have to charge such a high tuition for it to “be worth it.”

While, of course, I am not privy to all the churches' financial records, one might assume that many of these huge churches could probably swing it.

Not to mention that many of the costs that a school or school district incurs would not apply to church schools. They already have to pay to keep up their building, so that would not be an added expense.

Schools are not obligated to provide transportation for all their students. Even so, bussing students from other neighborhoods might detract from what is perhaps the most essential aspect that a church school can offer. The idea that a school only serves the surrounding neighborhood, as opposed to covering many square miles, advocates for a more tight-knit community.

More importantly, churches are obviously better equipped for moral teaching. You could argue that they aren’t equipped to teach higher-level math, science, or literature, which may or may not be true. However, I propose that most of these churches offer a K-8 school as opposed to teaching all secondary grades.

The most important thing is imparting good morals to these students from a young age.

And who better to do that than the clergy?

Most large churches (at least in Texas) have many pastors on staff, but not every pastor preaches every week. Not every pastor has to teach PE or social studies, but they could greatly benefit their church and community by teaching a class or two a day to help soften the load of hiring teachers.

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Ultimately, the proper raising of young people starts with the family.

Without adequate home education, teachers and schools, both public and private, will continue to deteriorate. There’s only so much an institution can do when absent parents exist.

When strong family values and guidance are present, educational institutions can build on that foundation to create well-rounded, responsible citizens.

In this way, a partnership between home and school becomes the cornerstone for nurturing future generations prepared to contribute positively to society.