Editing Christian right (section)

===Schooling===
The Christian right promotes [[homeschooling]] and private schooling as a valid alternative to public education for parents who object to the content being taught at school.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The percentage of children being homeschooled rose from 1.7% of the student population in 1999 to 2.2% in 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/index.asp |title=Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 – Executive Summary |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> and much of this increase has been attributed to the desire to incorporate Christian teachings into the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Sep07/Art_Sep07_02.html |title=Popularity of homeschooling rises nationwide, curriculum concerns, safety cited |work=[[Christian Examiner (California)|Christian Examiner]] |access-date=December 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112233842/http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Sep07/Art_Sep07_02.html |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, 72% of parents who homeschooled their children cited the ability to provide religious or moral instruction as the reason for removing their children from public schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp |title=Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 – Parents' Reasons for Homeschooling |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> The ''[[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]]'' case established that [[creationism]] cannot be taught in public schools, and in response officials have increasingly appropriated public funds for [[Charter schools in the United States|charter schools]] that teach curricula like [[Accelerated Christian Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_texas_public_schools_undermining_the_charter_movement.single.html|title=Creationism in Texas public schools: Undermining the charter movement.|author=Zack Kopplin|date=January 16, 2014|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref>