Douglas Wilson on Education

Douglas Wilson writes,

We face disaster in education, both academic and moral, because we have forgotten God. It is impossible to expect a secularized system to do what can only be done under the blessing of God. And it is impudent to expect God to bless a secular system that refuses, as a matter of principle, to acknowledge Him in any way. "...in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:6). Do we really want Him to straighten out our educational paths, while reserving the right to be officially agnostic? C. S. Lewis spoke of a ghastly simplicity that afflicts the modern mind. He wrote that we remove the organ and demand the function. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings to be fruitful. Night after night public school students study textbooks that scrupulously avoid any mention of Christianity. Day after day they go to school to have their values clarified. King Absolute is dead, long live the relatives!

Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctly Christian Education. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991. p. 141-142.