The Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Portage, Michigan, June 21, 1999, Volume 4 |
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Page 88 - But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these.
Page 21 - Everyone shall so exercise himself in reading the scriptures twice a day, that he shall be ready to give such an account of his proficiency therein, both in theoretical observations of the language, and logic, and in practical and spiritual truths...
Page 88 - No title could be more misleading. The sombre color of early Harvard was simply an inheritance of medieval tradition, to which in some respects the puritans reverted. Harvard College, to be sure, was founded in Christi Gloriam and later dedicated Christo et Ecclesiae. Her presidents and tutors insisted that there could be no true knowledge or wisdom without Christ.
Page 21 - If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all.
Page 56 - Act or this part shall prevent an educational agency or institution from — (1) Including in the education records of a student appropriate information concerning disciplinary action taken against the student for conduct that posed a significant risk to the safety or well-being of that student, other students, or other members of the school community...
Page 21 - ... perfectly the paradigms of nouns and verbs in the Greek tongue, then may he be admitted into the college, nor shall any claim admission before such qualifications. "2. Everyone shall consider the main end of his life and studies to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life; John xvii., 3. "3. Seeing the Lord giveth wisdom, everyone shall seriously, by prayer in secret, seek wisdom of Him; Proverbs ii., 2, 3, etc. "4. Everyone shall so exercise himself in reading the Scriptures twice a...
Page 70 - In other words, creating a peaceable school, like creating a peaceable world, requires that all persons are treated as though they matter, that all persons are viewed as unique people with their own gifts, talents, and contributions, and that ways of teaching should provide opportunities for different gifts and talents to be utilized and recognized.
Page 72 - from a system leading to chronic wars, social injustice, and ecological imbalance to one of peace, social justice, and ecological balance
Page 70 - Deutsch (1993) observes, that for school-based programs to help us move toward a more peaceful world, several components are required: cooperative learning, conflict resolution training, constructive use of controversy in teaching subject matter, and the creation of dispute resolution centers in schools.