Should Religion Be Taught In Public Schools?

Basic things everyone should be taught in middle school, math, reading, perhaps some history. However, the reality to many public education students is that among these classes we find religion. For quite some time, all public school students had to pledge allegiance to the flag, sing the anthem and pray. Only recently has this been banned, after being ruled an unconstitutional “endorsement of religion”. Nonetheless, many schools continue to teach religion as one of the main courses in their curriculum. If religion should be separated from state, why is it integrated in children’s education?
Religion, many consider, is a matter of choice. One chooses what they want to practice, naturally, after taking into thought and consideration what practicing said religion implies and covers. These are decisions one should make as an adult, a child does not have the knowledge or the experience to decide what they want to believe in. Especially at an age where ones’ beliefs are so malleable. Even though some parents do wish to encourage religion into how they raise their children, the reality for many Americans
Many times the defense presented by the school or the teachers are that if the parents don’t like the way that they’re teaching their children that they should move them from schools. In many cases this is impossible for the family to do, many families cannot afford a better education which is why the kids are placed in such schools. Public schools were originally funded with the intention of making education accessible to everyone, many of the students who attend public schools are simply there because they cannot afford better education. With this being said how can one expect a family who can barely supply for better education to move the children from school to school just because some teachers choose to enforce something that isn’t even