On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Voucher systems provide education financing but allow parents to make their > own choice. The selections are generally many and no one is compelled to > attend a religious institution. Thus, they don't really fit the definition of > a public school. >
I guess that depends on your definition of "public school." I think a public school is one that any child may attend (subject only to district boundaries and related residency requirements), funded with my tax dollars. Charter schools fit. Yes, some have exclusionary policies (they don't want to deal with low performers) but I believe mostly they are open to those wanting to attend. But my comment about publicly funded religious schools was based on the widespread practice of treating the public schools as an extension of the Christian church when it comes to science studies, social studies, history studies, the use of religious-themed banners and posters in the school, etc. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
