Challenges to public school materials, curricula, and instructional activities reflect perceptions that conservative Protestants face discrimination in U.S. public schools. Perceptions of religious disparagement trigger the establishment of alternative schools. Concerns over materials and activities that offend Protestants are found in Christian…

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)