Recently, a US District Court in Massachusettes ruled that a "Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy" (Parker v. Hurley). In this particular case, a public school taught that diversity education included acceptance of gay marriage, against the wishes and beliefs of many parents. But what if the school taught that 9/11 was an inside job, or gays should be isolated from general society? According to this court ruling, that would be okay, because, as Judge Mark Wolf said in his ruling, "The constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach their children."
Do schools now overrule the community which they serve?
Source: http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby030507.php3
2007-03-06
02:38:31
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