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Christian Teachers Union Promotes Evangelizing in Public Schools

The Christian Educators Association International (CEAI) is actively encouraging its members and fellow Christian educators to treat public school classrooms as high-priority faith missions.

by John Reynolds

Students enter a classroom one one of the 11 Houston-area campuses of Yes Prep, a public charter school system serving 7,000 low-income students.
Credit: Michael Stravato for the Texas Tribune

In what critics believe is a manifestation of majority privilege, the Christian Educators Association International (CEAI) is actively encouraging its members and fellow Christian educators to treat public school classrooms as high-priority faith missions. The group stresses the constitutionality of its efforts, pointing to First Amendment rights of free speech that allow teachers to express their religious beliefs openly in a public space. (The Washington Post)

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