Why NO Education Entity Should Be Religious

The US Supreme Court is considering whether tax funds should go to a RELIGIOUS Charter (PUBLIC) school (link). It would be the FIRST breach of the historical 1st Amendment clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, - - - ". Below is my argument that NO religious body should ever be involved with education:

• The mission of education is to impart knowledge/information and how to evaluate it.
• This means that knowledge/information should be presented in the context of critical/science-based thinking, as science is simply from the Greek for knowledge.
• No religion is supported by the above. All claims for anything supernatural have either been falsified or are unfalsifiable. Thus, it should not be accepted as truth under the above.
• To poison any educational process with any unsupported indoctrination is like adding poop to a stew, thus, is diametrically opposed to everything true education is about.

Education And Democracy Are 4-Letter Words To Conservatives

"Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle democracy."

Click on the link below for a podcast that exposes the harm of the conservatives in two main areas of society:

Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit

A Skeptical Look At Charter Schools

"In the last decade, religious organizations have flocked to charter schools as a way to get public tax dollars to promote their private agendas. Sometimes, religious schools simply close at the end of the school year and reopen in the fall as public charter schools, hiring many of the same teachers and taking on most of the same students."

Does Religion Have a Place in Public Schools?

"It’s impossible to generalize charter schools. How charters are run, funded, and overseen varies dramatically from state to state, school to school. In Charter Schools at the Crossroads, one of the most comprehensive overviews of the charter movement, Chester Finn, M.A.T.’67, Ed.D.’70, concludes, 'The charter track record can best be described as stunningly uneven.'”

The Battle Over Charter Schools

"Public charter schools must abide by the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, just like any other public school.

"They may not anchor their curriculum in religion or teach religious views in the classroom, require students to pray, admit only members of certain faith groups, or use religion as an excuse to discriminate.

"When public charter schools violate these principles of religious freedom, students feel excluded or that they belong to the 'wrong' religion. Americans United fights to ensure public charter schools follow the law because no child should feel like an outsider in his or her own school."

Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Position on Public Charter Schools

Beware Of How School Vouchers Are Being Used

With the many issues confronting the US public school system, there are many ideas floating around regarding how to improve the problem, to include such efforts as pouring more money directly into the public schools, alternative education for teacher training, busing, charter schools, and vouchers for private schools. Out of all of these, the last effort is on the shakiest educational and constitutional ground.

School vouchers use tax dollars to teach religious doctrine

John Oliver On Charter Schools

A serious question:  why is a comedian the most prominent voice for exposing this?

So you think Charter Schools are the answer to the problems with public schools?

A related article:  evidence shows clearly that public funds diverted to private entities is not going to improve education overall.

What the U.S. can learn from Canada on education