Some points: - Their is very little hardnosed evidence for anything much in education. - All maintained (ie state) schools are obliged to teach about religeon in a general sense taking in all major faiths - Worship is a different issue and problem - Instruction is is not the job of the state - People don't move house to get their cherubs into faith schools with poor working class intakes. - Christian schools pick christians when they are full and anybody when they are empty. - Most secondary schools are successful comprehensive schools - Comps came about because their are not 2 types of cherubs needing different types of education - In the few selective, private and most secondary faith schools middle class children are over represented - Secondary modern schools are largley working class. - Selective systems mean the Grammer schools choose - not parents or cherubs - The Christians won't give up control of what they have so liberal politians will find themselves goind down the road with major faiths (Jews, Muslims, Sikhs?...... what is a minor faith? Scientology? Moonies? Pity the Christians and other majors can't see the problems and do something about it. - A good school is one where the bad cherubs don't go

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