Closer Ties Sought Between Schools, Religious Groups
In a hotel ballroom here last week, Philadelphia Superintendent David W. Hornbeck welcomed 300 educators and representatives from a broad range of religious organizations for four days of sermons, speeches, and workshops.
Their goal: to bolster a fledgling movement seeking closer ties between schools and houses of faith by building an army of religious people to support public education. During a speech, Mr. Hornbeck, himself an ordained minister, chose words that showed the seriousness, passion, and—some critics would say—gall that form his unwavering opinion that compassionate people will help save public schools.
"We are approaching a time ... when faithful children’s advocates will have to gather in much the same way Dr. King called his people to Washington," Mr. Hornbeck said in a speech to the conference last week, referring to the historic march the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led in 1963. "Let us accelerate our advocacy. Make public education the next major civil rights...
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