Practical Steps In Choosing Curriculum

Michael S Martin April 24, 2020

Student needs, teacher suggestions, parental wants—who finally makes school curriculum decisions? Should cost be a factor? How much do we adjust curriculum for slow or disadvantaged students? Is a Bible-based curriculum important? After all, we read the Bible at church and at home. Can we utilize secular textbooks? Does the “discipleship level” portrayed in our textbooks have any effect on our children and churches?

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