The motivation for founding and maintaining nonpublic schools appears to be more than racial prejudice. Many evangelical Protestants have come to believe that the public schools now espouse a philosophy that is completely secular, perhaps even antireligious. (Author/IRT)

Using the example of Denver Seminary, discusses how evangelical seminaries are gaining enrollment--unlike their mainline Protestant counterparts--through aggressive recruiting as they try to stave off financial woes. (EV)

Lutherans maintain more schools than any other Protestant denomination. Together with other nonpublic schools in the Council for American Private Education, they foster relationships, gain support, and are involved in planning and carrying on education. (JMF)

The old stereotype of "fundamentalist" Christian schools as rigid and insular must be abandoned. The pressures of mainstream culture and market forces, combined with internal differences in religious style and governance, have created a wide diversity of Christian schools that contributes to the public good. (MLH)