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"The goal of those who wish to change our public schools to charter schools is to permit private companies to profit from educating our children."

It's not to teach Islam, a faith, or Communism, a political ideology, in public schools, though.

It's to be the gatekeepers of education, ensuring that we maintain the socio-economic class structures and produce large populations of cheap labor and cannon fodder. It's to destroy teacher's unions and rigidly control curriculum and instruction.

Personally, I have no problem with any faith being taught in public schools as long as it's in the context of a comparative religion class.

I also think that we ought to be teaching comparative politics and economics. That way, when someone fears the onslaught of communism, they'll at least have some idea of what they are talking about.

I already know of one Charter school run by Muslims; I was recruited to teach there 8 or 9 years ago, although I declined.

Here's a link:

http://www.thegcs.org/