A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on
religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.
A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on
religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.
Not exact matches
Religion in the public -
school classroom need not be as divisive as
critics of the
religious right allege.
Critics on the right, meanwhile, worry such a plan would increase the federal role in education and pressure states to standardize state tax credit programs, many of which now allow nonprofit groups to prioritize a particular type of
school, such as those of particular
religious denominations, for instance.
Many
critics also oppose allowing scholarship recipients to attend private
religious schools, claiming it is a violation of the separation between church and state.
Supporters of choice claim that parents look mainly for the best academic opportunity for their children;
critics charge that parents will just as often search for a
school on the basis of ethnic,
religious, or ideological preferences, the quality of the sports program, or how blue the student body's blood is.
In the opinion of some
critics, vouchers raise the constitutional issues of separation of church and state when public funds are given to parochial and other
religious schools.
Proponents of the program say the voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education;
critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable,
religious private
schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.
DENVER — Kansas education officials deny standards they adopted for teaching of science in public
schools endorse what
critics say is a «a non-theistic
religious Worldview.»
Critics of the publicly - funded vouchers say the program — a favorite of
school choice advocates — would spend millions in state dollars over the next decade on primarily
religious private
schools exempted from many of the accountability and anti-discrimination measures imposed on traditional public
schools.
Most controversially, the RVAA requires
schools to permit student speakers to engage in
religious speech throughout the
school day and at
school - sponsored activities, which
critics say could include anything from morning announcements to pep rallies to football games to graduation ceremonies.
Now, Hillsdale is using its brand to help launch a public charter
school in Michigan, but the
school's founders are trying to prove to its
critics that this new
school is neither biased, nor
religious.
But with public
school critics also bemoaning widespread reports of LGBTQ discrimination in the state's mostly
religious private
schools, their support comes at a time of mounting scrutiny and criticism for private
school vouchers.