There has long been discussion about whether teaching the Bible in public education would improve our educational system or simply help Christians recruit more members into their religion. Since 1962, the Supreme Court has continued to uphold a ban on all religious practices in public education, including the teaching of the Bible in classrooms. There are some who believe that this removal of moral education has led to deteriorating behavior among our students, while others use the protection of the First Amendment right to keep the moral teachings of the Bible out of the hands of our public educators. . While it is true that it is not the government's job to decide what religious morals our population should abide by, teaching the Bible as a literary work in public education can enrich our students' learning because of the influence the Bible has had on them . much of the history and literature of Western civilization. In 2009, a journal was published about a study that “evaluated the relationship between biblical literacy among secondary school students and their academic achievement and school behavior” by William H. Jeynes (Jeynes 36). The hypothesis was that the deterioration of our students' behavior was caused by the removal of moral education through our educational institutions. Then they compared the academic achievement and behavior of randomly chosen students in public high schools and compared them with those in private religious high schools to see if there was a connection. Their findings were that the more Bible literate a student was, the fewer behavioral problems he had and the higher his grade point average. They believed that the teachings of the Bible inspired students to follow better learning practices, so sc...... middle of paper ......SCO. Network. March 29, 2011. This was the journal of a study on the connections between Bible study and how it affects students' academic achievement and school behavior. Their findings were that those who had more exposure to the Bible and its teachings usually had higher grades and performed better in school. Jeynes believed that until 1962, when the Supreme Court eradicated all religious practices in public schools, the school was the place where students received a moral education on how to behave Mulroney 4. In the period since the abolition of all religious practices in schools, there has been an increase in juvenile delinquency and, according to him, this is due to the biblical illiteracy of our young people. He had a clear penchant for advocating Bible study courses in public education with his arguments as to why our youth have followed a trend toward juvenile delinquency in recent years.