Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by LexiMax on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:06PM
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Please elaborate on your equivocation. On first glance, you're comparing apples and oranges, and it doesn't make much sense.
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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by pierat on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:27PM
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Places with public school vouchers as law allow said vouchers to be used at 100% religious schools.
This:
bolsters shitty religious propaganda
dumbs down the students receiving substandard education
props us churches
drains money out of the public schools
requires that I pay a part of my taxes to an unaccountable religious organization.
I'm sure a few google searches would show more comprehensively why this is a bad idea.
Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:41PM
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> Places with public school vouchers as law allow said vouchers to be used at 100% religious schools
This isn't a requirement for vouchers. You can simply state that religious schools aren't eligible.
Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by LexiMax on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:43PM
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What is the realistic likelyhood of this being mandated, given how many religious private schools there are and how much money they have to lobby with?
Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:55PM
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> What is the realistic likelyhood of this being mandated
Just under a third of Californian's aren't religious [1]. Nobody is proposing to ban religious schools.
If you can't swing it, make the choice local. Each county or whatever can vote on whether to permit religious vouchers. The Bay Area will ban it. The Central Coast won't. This remains better than the status quo. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-stu...
Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity
by rfw300 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:53PM
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This is incorrect as of last year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_v._Makin
There is a powerful political and legal movement behind the idea that state-funded religious indoctrination is not only permitted, but required.