Scripture teaching?

Michael Carden, a biblical scholar in Brisbane has been animated by the NSW Scripture/Ethics debate. His utopian vision of the place that the teaching of scriptures in schools might have is a reminder of what we might lack in our secular education system. Ancient stories from the ancestors should be a part of education. His blog is at http://michaelcardensjottings.blogspot.com/2010/07/another-what-if-using-scripture-to.html I do recommend a full reading.
Michael concludes with these wise words:

These are the stories of their ancestors, of our ancestors, even much moreso now that we are a multi-cultural, multi-faith, multi-lingual society. These stories bring contemporary young people into conversation with those ancestors across two to three thousand years. These stories reveal to them the imaginary framework of their culture/s and language/s. And these stories give them the opportunity to enrich, explore and expand both their imaginative horizon and their ethical framework. Thus, I would suggest, they may become more fully human, surely the prime goal of any meaningful education.

(Linda)