ManOfFewWords
04-02-08, 02:41 AM
Assalaamu Alaykum,
I have been working in the public school systems for a while now and I have concluded that these are horrific places for Muslim children to be in. If we just look at them from an educational standpoint they fail miserably for a number of reasons. You can read more about that here (http://themanoffewwords.com/crisis-of-islamic-education/).
But what is really neglected, especially in this folder about parenting is a serious discussion on giving our children a better education. Islamic schools that are modeled after Public schools are a huge expense on our communities and suffer the same educational setbacks but they are tolerated because of the gender segregation and a supposedly "Islamic environment."
We should seriously consider homeschooling for our children at least for the more "secular" subjects. For Islamic Education then its probably best to have traditional madrassas.
I have been working in the public school systems for a while now and I have concluded that these are horrific places for Muslim children to be in. If we just look at them from an educational standpoint they fail miserably for a number of reasons. You can read more about that here (http://themanoffewwords.com/crisis-of-islamic-education/).
But what is really neglected, especially in this folder about parenting is a serious discussion on giving our children a better education. Islamic schools that are modeled after Public schools are a huge expense on our communities and suffer the same educational setbacks but they are tolerated because of the gender segregation and a supposedly "Islamic environment."
We should seriously consider homeschooling for our children at least for the more "secular" subjects. For Islamic Education then its probably best to have traditional madrassas.