When Charters Go to Church

In the recent years, many people have been trying to get religion back into schools. Back in 2013 a Texas woman named Latisha Andrews attempted to run a private school out of a church for some time but lacked the funding necessary to continue. Because of this, she asked Uncle Sam to foot the bill. As the story notes, there are many charter schools in Texas that operate inside churches.

This lead to the many schools around the world trying to implement religion into the ciriculum, including the large amount of charter schools. With charter schools across the country finding ways to get religious thought into the minds of the young, a secretary of education who passionately supports religious groups and the charter schools committing these crimes is dangerous. It is the duty of our federal education system to make sure these schools are operating within the confines of the Constitution, and I fear someone like Betsy DeVos will put little to no effort into assuring that. "I'm concerned that charter schools that want to endorse religion might feel more empowered as a result of who's in charge of this at the federal level," Rothschild said.

Charter schools in many places are not prohibited from discriminating against a student based on their religion or sexual orientation. Not only do these schools teach religion, they use it as a defense for prejudice. DeVos will likely do nothing to correct this.