Children living in poverty have the same God-given potential as children in wealthier communities, but on average they achieve at significantly lower levels. Kids who both live in poverty and read below grade level by third grade are three times as likely not to graduate from high school as students who have never been poor. By the time children in low-income communities are in fourth grade, they're already three grade levels behind their peers in wealthier communities. More than half won't graduate from high school--and many that do graduate only perform at an eighth-grade level. Only one in ten will go on to graduate from college. These students have severely diminished opportunities for personal prosperity and professional success. It is clear that America's public schools do not provide a high quality public education for the sixteen million children growing up in poverty. Education expert Nicole Baker Fulgham explores what Christians can--and should--do to champion urgently needed reform and help improve our public schools. The book provides concrete action steps for working to ensure that all of God's children get the quality public education they deserve. It also features personal narratives from the author and other Christian public school teachers that demonstrate how the achievement gap in public education can be solved.

Written by veteran teacher Dalene Parker, this is an inspirational and encouraging book designed to prepare and equip teachers in the rough and tumble field of public education.

Provocatively argues that concealing Christian identity in American public life is the best way to maintain faithful witness and integrity.

This book will equip Christian parents to navigate the increasingly secular public school system with the aim to help their kids stand firm in their faith, uphold a Biblical worldview and shine a light for Christ. There are also powerful resources for anyone involved in public education on campus: teachers, administrators, volunteers, and pastors.

A substantial and definitive introduction to public theology by one of the leading experts in the field.A key text for third year undergraduate modules and MA courses in Social Ethics, Political Theology and Public Theology.

Cliffe Knechtle offers clear, reasoned and compassionate responses to the tough questions skeptics ask.

SHOOTINGS. SUICIDES. BULLYING. HOPELESSNESS...If you worry about kids in public schools... if you are concerned about your children or grandchildren getting in with the wrong crowd and perhaps altogether... then you need the answers this book provides. If you see the next generation in dire need of direction and hope, and want children to know the love of God, then pull back the cover and start reading. Our public schools are barraged daily, but we can alter the onslaught!. THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION ALREADY PROVEN TO TURN THE TIDE: Discover how you have access to school campuses in a way you never imagined--from elementary through high school. Learn clear strategies to bring the love of God directly to students. Enable students to stand together instead of caving to peer pressure. THE TIME IS NOW! Schools need moral answers and are wide open to Christian Clubs. Parents and concerned adults are discovering their legal and constitutional rights and starting Christian clubs in every level of school across the country. Christian leaders are openly sharing the love of God in high schools and bringing hope. No, not through school-wide assemblies, but simply by sending out a flyer inviting elementary kids to a club such teaching a bible story an hour a week for a six week program, or bringing in pizza for lunch to high schoolers talking about God.