Parents shocked by the racist curricula that their local schools are teaching their children should have every right to take their tax dollars to another institution. But they should also consider keeping their children in public schools and fighting for control of them. When one reads that third graders in Evanston, Illinois, are being taught that “white culture shows up in the way we think about family structures” and that a belief in a “normal family” consisting of “a mom, dad, son, daughter, and pet” just “isn’t true,” the instinct is to take one's child home and find another school. Millions of parents faced with critical race theory curricula are doing exactly that. The number of children attending public schools has fallen roughly 3% over the last year, representing about 1.5 million students.
Years ago, only those parents wealthy enough to afford private school could afford to pull their children out of public school. But the school choice movement has been wildly successful over the past year, with 14 states passing laws that make it easier for parents to choose which schools their children attend. The numbers supporting school choice have never been higher, with 74% supporting the right of parents to use the tax dollars designated for their child’s education as they saw fit.
These are good developments. All parents should have the right to choose where their children go to school. But more parents should also consider keeping...........
