{"id":2232427,"date":"2024-04-29T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-religious-school-kids-are-way-more-tolerant-and-informed-than-public-schoolers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:50:04","slug":"study-religious-school-kids-are-way-more-tolerant-and-informed-than-public-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-religious-school-kids-are-way-more-tolerant-and-informed-than-public-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Shows Religious School Students Are More Tolerant and Informed Than Public School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-religious-school-kids-are-way-more-tolerant-and-informed-than-public-schoolers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232427&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent study by researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Buckingham reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bill-would-eliminate-single-sex-spaces-on-college-campuses\/\" title=\"New Bill Would Eliminate Single-Sex Spaces on College Campuses\">religious schools<\/a>\u2062 outperform public schools in nurturing\u200d engaged citizenship. Findings show that private religious\u200b education \u2064enhances political tolerance, knowledge, and\u200d community involvement, contradicting claims\u200d of promoting\u2064 bigotry. The \u200cstudy underscores the importance of civic \u2064education in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-direct-payment-worth-1312-to-be-sent-from-alaska-fund-in-eight-days\/\" title=\"Alaska fund to send ,312 direct payment in 8 days.\">shaping future generations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10648-024-09874-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> by researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Buckingham, which analyzed 57 international studies, concluded that religious schools are far more effective at teaching children to become engaged citizens than secular public schools \u2014 resulting in students who model political tolerance, knowledge, and skills better than their publicly educated peers.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that receiving a private, faith-based education increased political tolerance and knowledge by 12 percent of a standard deviation. In turn, receiving such an education also resulted in increased volunteering and community engagement \u2014 all positive traits for a healthy society.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-225076047\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9990f9b00e7c065cc9ebe3297028d350 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9990f9b00e7c065cc9ebe3297028d350\"><\/div>\n<p>However, this is not good news for the leftist leaders of teachers unions, such as the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), who have preached the company line that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-joe-biden-is-forcing-private-christian-schools-to-violate-their-beliefs-on-sexuality\/\" title=\"How Joe Biden Is Forcing Private Christian Schools To Violate Their Beliefs On Sexuality\">private religious schools<\/a> produce the exact opposite of what this study proves, claiming such schools promote bigotry and intolerance. <\/p>\n<p>As Patrick J. Wolf, an education policy <a href=\"https:\/\/edre.uark.edu\/people\/faculty\/uid\/pwolf\/name\/Patrick-Wolf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">professor<\/a> at the University of Arkansas and co-author of the study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/apr\/17\/study-finds-private-religious-schools-produce-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">puts<\/a> it, \u201cWe should care about these findings because free countries establish public school systems for the express purpose of preparing their young citizens for the responsibilities of self-government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people (such as the NEA and AFT) oppose private school choice policies because they claim private schooling is privatizing and undermines civic outcomes, especially if the private schools are religious,\u201d he added. \u201cStudents don\u2019t have to choose between God and country. They can enthusiastically support both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, our current public education system, ostensibly set up to produce good citizens, does the exact opposite. It has kicked God and the teaching of virtue out. Meanwhile, teaching civics is basically ignored, as the study\u2019s authors note, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nagb.gov\/news-and-events\/news-releases\/2023\/eighth-grade-scores-decline-in-civics-and-us-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citing<\/a> statistics showing that only 22 percent of eighth graders are proficient in the topic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-86a41cdfa5c2b790a439e4af34211298 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-86a41cdfa5c2b790a439e4af34211298\"><\/div>\n<p>Another recent <a href=\"https:\/\/citizensandscholars.org\/focus-areas\/accelerate\/civic-outlook-of-young-adults\/\">survey<\/a> of Americans aged 18\u201324 found that only 4 percent of them answered four standard civics questions correctly and only 48 percent of them responded that they planned to vote in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1991, the late liberal historian Arthur Schlesinger raised the alarm on the state of civics teaching in public schools after reviewing a New York report calling for K-12 curricula to address \u201cracial and ethnic oppression\u201d and focus on group identities instead of collective culture.<\/p>\n<p>While the study did find that private and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">public school students<\/a> have similar levels of political participation, the other question we have to ask is this: \u201cWhat does that political engagement look like?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, given the current left-wing climate that Schlesinger warned about and is promoted by organizations such as the NEA and AFT, our public schools are often little more than training centers to create angry student activists, teaching intolerance of other views while keeping children in the dark about our national history, and promoting incivility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6b63d269e9f112ecdc55bffaaf071548 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6b63d269e9f112ecdc55bffaaf071548\"><\/div>\n<p>Is it any wonder that Americans no longer share a hope for the future and a sense of the common good?<\/p>\n<p>As I write in my recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Toward-More-Perfect-Union-Cultural\/dp\/1956454136\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NGAKFIG739U9&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tAsCnXVt-i_J-lyfFRhVn78DpPaBKQ-P2WrweuouRsjxKaDP7XUuys9iekT3_IgZVBMnIHm5chU__p8Py747UP9RZ4jvkizy5pvSyAICKOvlxXAkZyqy2SrFWjz-yrnRAHi0XhGo4CwWC7DjD0y_9R86CMVObH494Rwj09dMkx42rW-6J7_GQY2BtrG7ij2ud7lMyVuTDissmdn9jN_9ISlB0xj9qVm7LGF6_HQ8bes.b63BawL0J5uBAMvh_QtZWgkff3157WvEuQq5lX67ltU&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=%22TOWARD+A+MORE+PERFECT+UNION%22&#038;qid=1713973822&#038;sprefix=toward+a+more+perfect+union+%2Caps%2C140&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a>, <em>Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story<\/em>: \u201c\u2026 young people leave our education system cynical, entitled, and aggrieved. Rather than being thankful, they are indignant. Rather than proud, they feel ashamed. Rather than feeling free, they feel oppressed. Rather than wanting to fix America\u2019s faults, they want to burn it down. Rather than asking what they can do for their country, they demand to know what their country can do for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hardly the recipe for an engaged and civil society.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-poised-to-deliver-victory-for-school-choice-in-religious-vouchers-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Poised To Deliver Victory for School Choice in Religious Vouchers Case\">faith-based schools<\/a> are more likely to focus on civic duty and public civility,  including, as mentioned, tolerance of other views, which is the proper recipe to create a society that is truly \u201ce pluribus unum\u201d or \u201cout of many, one.\u201d That is hardly a message of bigotry and intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Zimmerman, a self-described liberal professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/apr\/17\/study-finds-private-religious-schools-produce-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states:<\/a> \u201cThis study \u2026 suggests religious schools promote more tolerance of differences than secular institutions do. As religious affiliation and practice decline, Americans have increasingly turned to politics for identity and meaning. But the churches of red and blue don\u2019t teach us to love our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, when we emphasize accusing our neighbor over loving them, we end up in our current morass of division and incivility. Perhaps that is why the best way to create an engaged, civil society \u2014 \u201can informed patriotism\u201d as President Reagan called it \u2014 is to return to the very values taught by private religious schools. Which is to treat <em>all<\/em>, even those with whom we may disagree, with respect and dignity. That is the key to how we can renew our civic discourse and heal the present societal and political chasms in which we presently find ourselves. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8ff050f1f4535f0d62034aaa006fa291 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8ff050f1f4535f0d62034aaa006fa291\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study by the University of Arkansas and the University of Buckingham, analyzing 57 international studies, found that religious schools excel in fostering engaged citizenship compared to public schools. Students in religious schools demonstrate higher levels of political tolerance, knowledge, and skills, outperforming their peers in public education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":2232428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/38290352131_bfcd18f9cc_k.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/38290352131_bfcd18f9cc_k.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}