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[quote=Anonymous]Didn't read all replies yet, but once public funds are used for charter schools, we're only a hop, skip and jump  away from right-wing zealots diverting public funds to religious schools.

In fact, it's already happening:

[quote]Even as public schools across the country continue to grapple with budget shortfalls and misleading attacks from right-wing agitators over classroom lesson plans, [b]the Supreme Court has moved to further undermine public education by opening the door for states to divert more public tuition dollars to private religious schools.[/b]

[b]The Court’s 6-3 decision in Carson v. Makin, issued on June 21, further breaches the separation between church and state by requiring states to fund private religious schools if they fund any other private schools, even if those religious schools would use public funds for religious instruction and worship. [/b]

Every student in America deserves to attend a great public school, but the Court’s decision to allow tax dollars to be diverted from public education to religious education only makes it more difficult for all students—no matter their race, zip code, or background—to receive the quality education that they deserve.

[b]“Forcing American taxpayers to fund private religious education—even when those private schools fail to meet education standards, intentionally discriminate against students, or use public funds to promote religious training, worship, and instruction—erodes the foundation of our democracy and harms students,” NEA President Becky Pringle said. [/b]

Sadly, the Court pursued an unpopular, extreme agenda this past term that has also upended states’ ability to regulate firearms and limited women's rights over their own reproductive health care decisions. Taken together, the most extremist Court in modern history is eroding some of the most basic social commitments of our society in order to serve partisan interests. [/quote]

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/supreme-court-decision-paves-way-public-funds-flow-religious-schools

There are religious schools in the South that will not teach science in any meaningful way, i.e., origin of the universe is replaced with creationism and how to defend that stance. Challenging authority of the white Christian patriarchal structure is not allowed. Ask me how I know.

Do we really want to continue feeding into and/or expanding that portion of our electorate that seems wholly lacking in critical thinking skills and hell bent on marching toward authoritarianism?[/quote]

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