I am a teacher.  During my training, I worked in a classroom where 7 religions were represented and all were celebrated.  This, to my mind, is the strength of public education.  Schools are community spaces and classrooms have many uses over the course of a week.  These students are not promoting hate, nor are they forcing their views on others.  I worry that the hate that is being directed at them will teach them lessons that we don't want them to learn.  Public education, as a place where we get to know the people behind the differences, can be the foundation of a tolerant society, if we look beyond our own fears and allow it to take on that role.