Don't forget the origins

However, public education in our country is only a few hundred years old. In fact, only with the spread of Christianity, particularly of a Calvinistic bent, has there been an increase in literacy and education, because Christians wanted their children to be literate so they could read the Bible. But as non-Christians grew wary of having their children attend Christian schools, public education was birthed by atheists such as John Dewey and Horace Mann. In conjunction with their erroneous beliefs in sinless human nature and the propensity of children to behave out of their intrinsic goodness, public schools give permission, freedom, encouragement, and esteem to small sinners who now have high self-esteem and low test scores. Even the focus has changed, as students are less inclined to write papers about people they admire than they are to write about themselves.

Mark Driscoll, Pastor Dad