Should taxpayer dollars be used to fund private education?

[Ibby]

I simply don't trust religious-based schools to value the teaching of the child over indoctrination into the religion and brainwashing.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Ibram

I simply don't trust religious-based schools to value the teaching of the child over indoctrination into the religion and brainwashing.

That is a valid reason for you not to choose a particular school. Any good school has core principles which everything is organized around. My kids' school is Catholic. Academics are pushed pretty hard, but the atmosphere is Christian in the positive sense of that word. Bullying, which is apparently the organizing principle of our local public school, is unacceptable to staff and students alike. My child (elected class rep.) is actually comfortable sitting down with our principal if she sees a problem developing. I'd like to see more alternatives in private education, but with public schools disrupting the market only religous and big dollar schools can compete.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Ibram

I simply don't trust religious-based schools to value the teaching of the child over indoctrination into the religion and brainwashing.

I went to a Catholic school from the age of 5-12 and I received a wonderful education. We even started sex education in the final year - something that some secondary schools (13-16) weren't including as anything other than biology at the time.