Religion IN BRIEF : Religious Officials Back Public Schools
Top officials of the National Council of Churches and the Central Conference of American Rabbis have issued a statement supporting public education to mark the start of the new school year.
“We call upon our leaders of government at all levels, and people of all faiths and backgrounds, to commit themselves to the protection, financial security and continued reform of our public school system,” the statement says.
It was signed by Rabbi Charles Kroloff, president, and Rabbi Paul Menitoff, executive vice president, of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, a Reform Jewish group. It also was signed by Bishop Craig Anderson, president, and the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, general secretary, of the National Council of Churches, an ecumenical organization of Protestant and Orthodox denominations.
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