The US Supreme Court cannot possibly overturn a ruling that states that parents need to work within their communities to make curriculum changes. Parents also have the option to place their children in private schools, move to a different state or homeschool.
The far-reaching implications of a federal court getting involved in curriculum can be easily seen if one just looks back at the Scopes Evolution Trial. Their ruling that the State of Tenn could not ban the teaching of evolution has been twisted into a belief that there is a requirement to teach evolution.
SCOTUS had no choice but to stay out of this one.
private school and home school is a meaningless option unless it accompanies the option to not pay taxes to support the public schools.
What about the “no opt out” bit? I could see your point without that lovely addition to the ruling, but it goes along with some court cases in California that basically said once you put your child in a gubmint school, that’s it, you have no more say.
I’m glad I was homeschooled, glad we’ll be homeschooling.
I agree. As sad as it sounds, there is no constitutional documentation or precedence for SCOTUS to judge on. It is precisely the reason that Roe V. Wade was a bad ruling. Nothing in the constitution says anything about abortion and the case was heard by proxy under the guise of privacy and freedom of choice. The court should have kicked that one back and called BS on the premise of the case.
The only recourse for citizens is press local legislatures for a law or constitutional amendment. This will give the courts something to rule on. It would take years in any event and I highly doubt politicians are going to try and pass laws on specific curriculum in public schools.
The citizens of Mass need to come together if there is a majority that object. Otherwise, they need to relocate to another state.
This is a case where the government has too much power. Legally, citizens have to get their kids in education. If you decide to rely on the government for your kids education and you involuntarily pay the taxes for the service, you have to live with whatever the government says is best for your kids.
It must be OK because China does this for education and Olympic athletes. What could possibly be wrong with this approach? Take the youth and form them into what is best for the country in the opinion of the government.
The latest Obama-nations with public school curriculum: Homosexual agenda indoctrination, Man Made Global Warming indoctrination, No God Allowed policies, American Revisionist History lessons.....
The fundamental problem that no court has ever addressed is the underlying conflict between government schooling, the First Amendment, and freedom of conscience.
**No** school can be religiously neutral. **ALL** schools establish a religious wordview. This includes **all** government schools!
Besides this, **all** government schools must violate free speech, press, assembly, and expression of religion. It is unavoidable, **all** schools must do this.
So....I can see the reluctance of the Supreme Court to take on this issue. Ultimately, the court ( if it were honest) would need to rule that **every** government school in this nation is a First Amendment abomination and must be closed.
I doubt the Supremes have back bones stiff enough to do that.