I hope I didn't get you wrong! I don't think religion in general excludes intellect; rather, I think it makes up a bigger picture of the individual, within which intellect is incorporated. Within this big picture, you can shine the spotlight where you will.
Roeper's approach, as I understand it, is to provide assistance to the parent in forming up a total learning environment that will best help the child to self-actualize and become independent. The parent must decide which parts of this total environment gets turned over to the schools, and which are dealt with at home (or church, or temple, or elsewhere). Personally, I agree with you that I wouldn't want the school to get involved in all aspects of my child's education and development.
