Submitted by Harold Klassen
Ashley Berner in Cardus, June 30, 2021, asks an important question, "Do independent schools contribute to civic formation?" One of the reasons that many people inside the church as well as outside it are reluctant to support independent schools is the assumption that they will be less effective than public schools at helping students contribute to the common good by becoming well-adapted members of their diverse, multicultural communities. This research helps dispel the myth that socialization and civic formation is somehow distorted or underdeveloped in independent schools.