Philadelphia Church-School Partnerships

[Beavah 205]

For an alternate approach to tryin' to get get municipalities to evict programs working with kids, yeh can consider the church-school partnerships in Philadelphia.

 

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0928/p11s02-legn.html

 

Rather than exclude folks of faith, they're welcomed into the schools. A difference between caring about kids and families and communities, and choosin' to be offended by expression of belief (as though one's fellow citizens were toxic and must be quarantined).

 

This is an old article, and Vallas has since left Philly. School reform efforts usually have a lifetime of about 3 years before collapsin'. But I do note that their web site still lists an office for promotin' these partnerships.

 

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[evmori 11]

What a great idea!

[Merlyn_LeRoy 72]

Beavah writes:

Rather than exclude folks of faith

 

Which programs are you referring to here?