Michigan Democratic Party Deletes Post Saying Parents Aren’t ‘Clients of Public Schools’
Bill Pan | January 17, 2022The Michigan Democratic Party has taken down a Facebook post claiming that the purpose of public education is not to teach children what their parents see fit for them, but what “society needs them to know.”
“Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to choose to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire,” read the Jan. 15 post on the Facebook page run by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee.
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The purpose of a public education in a public school is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught. It is to teach them what society needs them to know,” the post continued. “The client of the public schools is not the parent, but the entire community, the public.”
The message apparently contradicts to Michigan’s own public education law, as pointed out by one user in the comments section. The user, who identified as an employee of Rockford Public Schools, cited a section of the Michigan Revised School Code, which states:
“It is the natural, fundamental right of parents and legal guardians to determine and direct the care, teaching, and education of their children. . .
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