'So what can parents do? For starters, they can send a message by pulling their children out of public schools. Every time that happens, the public schools lose money. If you want to get the Left's attention, that's one way. Too many parents are sending their kids off to godless institutions that are undermining the values taught at home -- and then wonder why their young adults are make a 180-degree turn from their faith. What do you expect when you put them in the care of a government system that's hostile to everything you believe in? "It's time for us to stop pretending that public schools aren't as bad as they are."'