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0 pointsvel0city1y ago0 comments

A school which can be choosy in admissions will likely have students with better proficiencies. It's easy to have only top scoring students when you can kick out the bottom scoring ones.

> the point is that people are targeting them because of the religious aspect and not the quality of education

This is the point I'm making. Many people aren't going to end up choosing the school because of the quality of the education, they'll be choosing it because it aligns with their world view. That germ theory is a lie, the Earth is 5,000 years old, scientists are liars out to eliminate Christ from society, and that the only things you need to know is what is in the Bible.

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ANewFormation1y ago

Let's assume what you're saying is true, though I'm sure you realize you're being rather hyperbolic, at a minimum.

I think the purpose of school is to teach the fundamentals - reading, writing and arithmetic in particular.

I don't really care what worldview a school endorses so long as they are completely transparent on it.

Young Earth theory and creationism is one side of a coin - 80 genders, intersectionalism, and critical theory is the other.

If a parent is down with these worldviews, I see no problem so long as the school is excelling at their primary educational responsibilities, and also making their ideological motives transparent to parents.

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