Argus title : Faith schools debate is all down to rights
Faith schools are in the news. Tony Blair remains committed to them, but others are less convinced. There are concerns about Christian evangelical influence on education, both here and in the USA. And Salman Rushdie has argued powerfully against any expansion of Muslim faith schools on the basis that they encourage fundamentalism.
The debate has forced me to think deeply about why we wanted our daughter to attend a Church of England girls’ school. It was important it was a girls’ school – all the research indicates that girls do best and are safest in a single sex environment – but it was also vital that it be a faith school. Continue reading