Public Schools Should Collapse as Soon as Possible
The sooner the current government school system collapses, the better it will be for everyone, including those who were enrolled at the time the schools fell apart.
In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 3 quotes from 2003 to 2026, from The Case for Classical Christian Education, Sam Harris and Generations, each cited to the source.
The sooner the current government school system collapses, the better it will be for everyone, including those who were enrolled at the time the schools fell apart.
[Sam Harris: “If you find out that the teacher at your kid's school is... calling into doubt some essential feature of what you deem to be the right religion... Just how much can a good Christian be expected to tolerate on that?”] So you're forgetting, in my Presbyterian utopia there would be no public schools. So it's all private education, which means that you would fire that teacher. You would say okay, so you solve that problem immediately.
And this is one of the things that delights my heart actually. Here in Moscow, about 35% of all school-age children in our town are receiving a Christian education... We're at 35% here. And my prayer, my desire is that before God calls me home, we will see the government education system dip below 50%. I want them to be the minority form of education in our town. And then defund it after that. [Kevin Swanson: "And then defund it. Yes."]