Should we stay or should we go? Millions of parents with children in public schools can't believe they're asking this question. But they are. And you should be asking it too. Almost overnight, America's public schools have become morally toxic. And they are especially poisonous for the hearts and minds of children from religious families of every faith—ordinary families who value traditional morality and plain old common sense. Parents' first duty is to their children—to their intellect, their character, their souls. The facts on the ground point to one conclusion: get out now.
Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., an attorney and mother of seven, is a fellow of the Ethics & Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.
Theresa Farnan, Ph.D., Mary’s sister, is an adjunct professor of philosophy at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. She lives with her husband and ten children near Pittsburgh, PA.