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Should Schools Get back to our "Historic Judeo-Christian Principles?" - Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Should Schools Get back to our "Historic Judeo-Christian Principles?":

Should Schools Get back to our "Historic Judeo-Christian Principles?"


No, no and no. 



From the Washington PostInfluential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms


A policy manifesto from an influential conservative group with ties to the Trump administration, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, urges dismantling the Education Department and bringing God into American classrooms.

The five-page document produced by the Council for National Policy calls for a “restoration of education in America” that would minimize the federal role, promote religious schools and homeschooling and enshrine “historic Judeo-Christian principles” as a basis for instruction. 

Names of the council’s members are closely held. But the Southern Poverty Law Center published a 2014 membership directory showing that Stephen K. Bannon — now chief White House strategist for President Trump — was a member and that Kellyanne Conway — now counselor to the president — served on the council’s executive committee.
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It also says states should encourage K-12 public schools to post the Ten Commandments, teach Bible classes and recognize Seattle Schools Community Forum: Should Schools Get back to our "Historic Judeo-Christian Principles?":