MARYBETH HICKS: New Hampshire Learns Lesson in Parental Rights. Parents can now object to material being taught in school and are further empowered them to find and pay for suitable, educationally acceptable alternatives to the curricula being foisted on their children. In objecting to the law, Gov. John Lynch is reported to have said:

For example, under this bill, parents could object to a teacher’s plan to teach the history of France or the history of the civil or women’s rights movements. The intrinsic value of education is exposing students to new ideas and critical thinking. This legislation encourages teachers to go the lowest common denominator in selecting material, in order to avoid ‘objections’ and the disruption it may cause their classrooms.

I might be more supportive of Lynch's position if the education establishment could convince me that 'critical thinking' meant something other than 'critical of everything traditional thinking'.