Thanks for making my point for me. Secular humanist NEA types shouldn't dictate curriculums with taxpayer money. Parents should have input as to what is taught. Instead it's a govt own bloated beuaracracy interested only in security of teachers and liberal executive types.
The state only offers a low cost, low quality option.
Low cost? For the results vs cost ratio it's perhaps the very most expensive cost to this society in general.
Should, but don't for a number of reasons. Foremost is that most parents can't be bothered. Most parents believe that the responsibility for educating their children lies with the teacher and the school system. Most parents have no idea what is in the text books and lecture notes their children bring home. Most parents are perfectly comfortable with receiving federal and state money for their school districts regardless of the strings. Most parents can't name a single Board of Education member for their district or name the principal of the school their child attends unless they have had to deal with him/her regarding a disciplinary issue.