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than 1,000 studies, researcher
William Jeynes discovered
two common denominators
for academic success among
minority students: an active
personal faith and a strong
family unit. Keeping the Bible
out of the classroom actually
makes it harder for minority
students to succeed.
disadvantaged by the ab-
sence of the Bible in public
spoon Institute Fellow, Cali-
fornia State University
professor, Harvard graduate,
and author of a recently re-
leased study on methods of
bridging the achievement
gap--a disparity in grades,
test scores, and high school
and college graduation rates
between minority and white
students.
in his seminal research.
Jeynes reported. "Not only
did it indicate a powerful rela-
tionship between high levels
of Bible literacy and strong
scholastic results, but none of
the studies on this topic indi-
cated a negative or neutral
relationship. Such an over-
whelming association is al-
most unheard of in the
research world."
a two-parent home, the edu-
cation gap disappears. The
effect is due in part to the
strength the children draw
from religion and in part to
parental involvement, he said.
Obama administrations, and
recently testified before the
Arizona House on a bill allow-
ing public high schools to
offer an elective class on the
history of the Old and New
Testaments. The bill was
signed into law in April, mak-
ing Arizona the sixth state to
allow districts to offer a high
school elective Bible course,
along with Georgia, Okla-
homa, Tennessee, Texas and
South Carolina. The Bible as
Literature is being taught in
approximately 345 different
school districts in 43 states.
the Bible in public schools,
Jeynes cites the 1963 Supreme
Court case of Abington v.
Schempp, in which the justices
ruled that the Bible could be
taught in public schools as
long as it is presented in an
"objective" way as part of a
secular curriculum.
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