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People hold up signs during a rally against “critical race theory” (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. “Are you ready to take back our schools?” Republican activist Patti Menders shouted at a rally opposing anti-racism teaching that critics like her say trains white children to see themselves as “oppressors.” “Yes!”, answered in unison the hundreds of demonstrators gathered this weekend near Washington to fight against “critical race theory,” the latest battleground of America’s ongoing culture wars. | AFP via Getty Images/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds A supermajority of Americans believe parents should have the final say in what their children learn in public schools as the national debate over the role of parents in public education and the material taught to students continues.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released its third annual Religious Freedom Index this week, which is based on responses from 1,000 Americans to questions about their views on religious liberty. Respondents’ answers to 21 questions were used to compile a “Religious Freedom Index” measuring support for religious liberty in the U.S. The Religious Freedom Index reached a high of 68 this year, compared to 67 in 2019 and 66 last year.
As part of the survey, respondents were asked to weigh in on the topic of education, specifically whether parents or school districts should have the final say on the curriculum being taught in public education. Sixty-three percent of respondents believed that “parents should have the final say … and should be able to opt-out of morally objectionable or inappropriate content,” while 37% thought that “public schools should have the final say … and parents should not be able to opt-out of morally objectionable or inappropriate content.”
The question about education comes as concerned parents have descended on school board meetings nationwide expressing opposition to the teaching of critical race theory and sexually explicit material in schools. The issue of education played a major role in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, which Republican Glenn Youngkin ultimately won.
In a debate with Youngkin, Democrat Terry McAuliffe said, “I don’t think parents […]
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