Christian right Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Schooling=== The Christian right promotes [[homeschooling]] and private schooling as a valid alternative to public education for parents who object to the content being taught at school.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} In recent years, the percentage of children being homeschooled has risen from 1.7% of the student population in 1999 to 2.2% in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/index.asp |title=Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 β Executive Summary |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> Much of this increase has been attributed to the desire to incorporate Christian teachings into the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Sep07/Art_Sep07_02.html |title=Popularity of homeschooling rises nationwide, curriculum concerns, safety cited |work=[[Christian Examiner (California)|Christian Examiner]] |access-date=December 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112233842/http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Sep07/Art_Sep07_02.html |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, 72% of parents who homeschooled their children cited the ability to provide religious or moral instruction as the reason for removing their children from public schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp |title=Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 β Parents' Reasons for Homeschooling |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> The ''[[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]]'' case established that [[creationism]] cannot be taught in public schools, and in response officials have increasingly appropriated public funds for [[Charter schools in the United States|charter schools]] that teach curricula like [[Accelerated Christian Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_texas_public_schools_undermining_the_charter_movement.single.html|title=Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.|author=Zack Kopplin|date=January 16, 2014|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page