Right to Faith-Based Education Sacrificed at the Altar of Progressivism

Right to Faith-Based Education Sacrificed at the Altar of Progressivism
St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated with a Christmas-themed projection in Sydney to celebrate the Christmas season in Australia on Dec. 9, 2016. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
Colleen Harkin
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If, like most of us, you are under the impression that parents have a “right” to see their children educated within their own values system, you are mistaken. In practice today, mainstream religion, and all the values that it connotes, are being erased from our national education system.

Colleen Harkin
Colleen Harkin
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Colleen Harkin is a research fellow at the Melbourne-based think tank, Institute of Public Affairs.
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