Public education has a responsibility to every American child, but there is no utopian model for the system.  Each student has the potential to gain much from what is offered, and each student will get out of it what they put into it.  Unfortunately, many of our young, talented individuals seem to expect the system to spoon feed them, or come into it lacking appreciation of the opportunity it presents.  All of them come with the bias that they have been raised with, and all of them will experience the painful process of learning about prejudice.

Society is innately homogenous in it's pristine state, and our public education system has been built on that foundation.  Public education should continue to support that ideal.  If parents feel that private, or religious education is necessary, they should budget and pay for that on their own.  We have incorporated charter schools into our system, but It should not be our responsibility to issue vouchers for private and religious schools.