How my daughter has taught me the importance of public education for non-religious and religious children alike
ABCReligion is a hot topic in our household, even though we are not a religious family. The public school my daughter attends is one where most of the children attending are Muslim, which reflects the neighbourhood it’s located in. “Never the twain shall meet” I know many people — non-religious and religious alike — who would be afraid to send their child into the public school situation we have. I meet more than my fair share of parents who send their children to a Catholic school, even though they are neither Catholic nor particularly religious, because they believe it’s what’s best for their child. Whatever its deficiencies, I don’t think the solution to the “problem” of public schooling is homeschooling — not least because it harks back to a time before universal education.
History of this topic
Inside the ‘religious separatist movement in American education’
Raw Story
The pros and cons of sending your kids to a religious school
ABC
Religion is no reason to let the ill-qualified become teachers
The Independent
Shutting the school doors on the Muslim child
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