Home Page News – 23 February 2009

All educational systems are underpinned by a belief system or worldview. This is inevitable and unavoidable. In schools and colleges around the world – whether it is governments or individual teachers – decision-makers choose to teach children what is most important to them. And what is most important is actually shaped by our worldview. That is why a growing number of Christians are increasingly uncomfortable with the English National Curriculum; although it claims to be religiously neutral it leaves God out of every subject (except for Religious Studies, of course) – no mention of God in history, biology, geography, English – the list could go on! This is not neutrality but a form of practical atheism. In NorthStarUK we do not make our worldview conspicuous – in the end much of our subject matter is the same as that taught in secular schools. However, a Christian view of the world underpins all that we do and it is this that sets us apart. 

Some months ago I was commissioned to produce a series of short videos introducing home education to a wider Christian audience. We have almost completed the first episode and have put it on YouTube to find out what people think. It deals with the issue of neutrality in education and challenges Christians to think deeply about these matters. If you would like to watch the video, simply here.