"Education ought not to be seen as an end in itself. Nor should it be viewed in terms of mere academic or social preparation for life. Knowledge, by itself, is nothing and leads only to pride ('Knowledge puffs up,' I Cor. 8:1). We could give our children the very best academic preparation in the world and only end up making them more effective instruments in the devil's hands. No, God has something higher in mind.

God did not say, 'Train a child in what he should know, and when he is old he will not forget it.' He said, 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it' (Prov. 22:6). Education is not just about what a child knows; it is primarily about how he lives."