Most Americans share certain values and agree that the public schools should teach them. Conveying a common core of civic values is a legacy of the common schools and a tradition to which we should return. Convictions of the Moral Majority. We must not water down or abandon Christian values in the name of tolerance and diversity. These are the values on which the American republic was based, and they deserve a prominent place in the nation's schools.
Parents have a right to raise their children according to their own values.
Since we are so diverse, the only workable solution is to permit parents to choose which schools their children will attend.