Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be mostly over-hyped or not at all based in fact. Yet, there’s evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry is engaged in indoctrination, only, in this case, the schools are instructing children in white, conservative ideology.
For years, LGBTQ rights seemed to be on the march in the United States, despite opposition from religious conservatives. But in the last few years, a right-wing countermovement funded in part by powerful dark money interests and supported by conservative groups has taken shape.
Last summer, the Texas State Board of Education denied for the third time an application from Heritage Classical Academy to start a charter school in Northwest Houston. Heritage will try again next week, and although very little has changed about its application, its chances of success are now much higher.
Few doubt that the religious right has decided to stake its claim on the next generation of hearts and minds with its unrelenting push for vouchers and book and curricular bans. This report exposes the lesser-known third part of the strategy — the proliferation of right-wing charter schools.
The religious right scored a win this week when Oklahoma’s virtual charter school board approved the opening of the nation’s first religious charter school, which, if it is actually allowed to open as planned in 2024 for grades K-12, will weave Catholic doctrine into every single subject that students take.
In 2022, the Network for Public Education ranked Kansas 10th among all U.S. schools.
One of the tragedies around “A Nation at Risk” was not simply that it misdiagnosed the problem and put forth ersatz solutions, but that it refused to face up to the financial implications of its argument.
Christian-based private high school in the works in Milwaukee suburbs
Proponents of public education warn: with more resources going to ESAs and other voucher programs, there will be fewer dollars to fund community public schools.
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