“Those from among you shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell in.”
(Isaiah 58:12; NKJV)

The Puritans set a precedent for education in America. When they first came to our shores in 1609, they enacted laws in their communities that held the parents responsible for making sure the children in their households learned to read, primarily to read the Bible. What a wonderful heritage they gave us. Today, parental involvement in their children’s education is low, and students seldom, if ever, read the Bible in our classrooms. As a result, the public education system is fraught with problems because two-thirds of our students read below grade level. As parents, we desire an education that builds godly faith in its students and assures a strong America for generations to come, which means we choose the best school for our child. As we link our prayers with the prayers of our ancestors, we pray for the restoration of the rights of the parents to choose the school that will educate their children best.

Points for Prayer:

Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, we could see a change in education. For the first time, many parents viewed the online curriculum and teaching of their children. Realizing the ungodliness of the content, parents elected to send their children to private schools, start their own “pod” schools, or homeschool. For many parents, the changes required significant commitments of time, money, and personal effort. Pray for parents as they make wise decisions for their children’s education. Believe for God’s best for each child and each parent. 

A priority for President Trump is to allow each parent the opportunity to choose the school that best suits the parents’ preferences and the child’s talents. Fraught with criticism and court cases, he continues to work to give parents the right to choose the school to educate their children best. Pray for President Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in their fight to restore parental rights in school choice. 

Pray for parents to take personal responsibility in the education of their children so that education will become a means of uniting our families, building character in our students, and training great leaders for America who will emerge from the classrooms across this nation.

In the 2016-17 school year, the cost of educating each child in a public school was $14,439. Pray for a voucher system to be established where the money allocated to educate a child would follow the child to a school of the parent’s choice.

By Nancy Huff
Educator and Christian Author

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