By the logic you use, that is correct. However, I would argue that the first principle of the state is to protect it's citizenry and to uphold justice. (Perhaps that fits under your definition.) In any case our public school system is so poor that I am unsure if public education qualifies anymore as the "common good."
My real argument, however, is that the civil government as designed by God (Romans 13, Pentateuch etc.) was never really intended to be the primary educator of the people. Like social welfare, it is not fit for it and doesn't do it well.
That's true.
My real argument, however, is that the civil government as designed by God (Romans 13, Pentateuch etc.) was never really intended to be the primary educator of the people. Like social welfare, it is not fit for it and doesn't do it well.
True. Parents are a child's primary educators. Government can only take a secondary role, at best.