About Essentials In Education

A Not-For-Profit Company Creating Materials to Enrich Public Education

Bible Literacy Project   more info>>

Bible Literacy Project has published The Bible and Its Influence, the first First-Amendment-safe textbook for teaching about the Bible in high school English Literature and Social Studies courses currently being taught in 43 states and 6 other countries. This textbook was developed from The Bible & Public Schools, A First Amendment Guide co-published with the First Amendment Center. Bible Literacy Project has also published two first of a kind research reports: Bible Literacy Report 1 - What Do High School Students Need To Know And What Do They Know - a national survey of high school English teachers and Gallup survey of students and Bible Literacy Report 2 - What Do Incoming Freshman Need To Know - a national survey of the English professors at the leading American universities. Bible Literacy Project is now engaged in implementing courses around the country.

The Better Hour: The Wilberforce Documentary Project   more info>>

The Wilberforce Documentary Project developed THE BETTER HOUR documentary film to honor of bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trading in both the United Kingdom and in the United States. The film has been broadcast on national public broadcast several times in 2008, starting with Black History Month. Wilberforce, once a household name in America during the 19th century, led the effort in Parliament to abolish the slave trade and eventually free all slaves in the British Empire. This movement eventually led to voting for women, universal education that included women and all children for the first time, the prevention of cruelty to animals. Wilberforce supported 69 voluntary organizations, practicing an extraordinary philanthropy 100 years before Andrew Carnegie wrote his Gospel of Wealth. Resources have been developed for public schools including a PBS Home Video DVD and free resources for projects in public schools on the British impact on American abolition. We are marketing these resources to public and private high schools.

The Philanthropy Project   more info>>

The Philanthropy Project was the lead sponsor for a Conference on "Teaching Generosity in Philanthropy at Business Schools and Organizations" held at Princeton University on July 10 to 12, 2008. A number of the leading scholars teaching philanthropy at business schools and otherwise in the U.S. and abroad attended including Arthur Brooks, Claire Gaudiani, Greg Dees, Jim O'Toole, Rob John, and Curtis Meadows delivered papers. The goal was to develop an "open-source" blueprint for action in advancing the teaching of generosity in philanthropy at business schools and other organizations.

The Wilberforce Project (Completed)  more info>>

Wilberforce Central is a resource for the many activities and events for the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade and the U.S. Slave Trade in 2007. The website contains information on movies, concerts, museum exhibits, historian scholars, resource books and a number of leading organizations involved in the 200th Anniversary.