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Disputed content: SDA has second largest school system in the world.[edit]

The article currently claims, for no apparent reason and without any reference, that "the Seventh-day Adventist worldwide education system [is] the second largest school system in the world." This is a very different claim from that at the main article, Seventh-day Adventist education, which simply says that it is the "second-largest Christian school-system in the world", and even that claim is only supported by self-published material. I cannot find any support for the claim in this article.--Gronk Oz (talk) 17:26, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That claim is supported by these two independent refs at Seventh-day Adventist education ^[1]^[2] and many others are available. I'm unclear why the "Christian" label which seems to limit the claim, but I've added that into the article. Legacypac (talk) 17:35, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Much better - the claim has been corrected, and is now supported by references, so I am happy to remove the {{disputed}} tag.

I am stunned that the relevance of such a huge distinction is not apparent, especially to an experienced editor. To help clarify why it matters, the final reference above estimates that the Adventist schools cater for 1.6 million students worldwide. This compares to about 50 million students in the public school system in the US alone.^[3] Indeed, it is only a little larger than the public school system just in New York (according to the figures in Education in the United States). There is a whole world of education outside of church-based organizations.--Gronk Oz (talk) 02:17, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes if you compare to entire countries or states systems rather then the school districts. Anyway, no intent to imply the system is bigger then public systems - it should be compared to private systems. Legacypac (talk) 03:01, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Is the end near? A look at Seventh-day adventists". ebscohost.com.
^ The Christian Science Monitor. "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists". The Christian Science Monitor.
^ "The Condition of Education - Participation in Education - Elementary/Secondary Enrollment - Public School Enrollment". nces.ed.gov. U.S. Department of Education - National Center for Education. May 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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[1] "Is the end near? A look at Seventh-day adventists". ebscohost.com.

[2] The Christian Science Monitor. "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists". The Christian Science Monitor.

[3] "The Condition of Education - Participation in Education - Elementary/Secondary Enrollment - Public School Enrollment". nces.ed.gov. U.S. Department of Education - National Center for Education. May 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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