yes and no. i dont think i am really disagreeing with her on whats important but i thought i was hearing her say that it is the states obligation. meaning, feel free to fight for it, like mentchen, but don’t consider it something they owe you.
On the other hand, no, i don’t think it should be fought for. I don’t think the public schools should pay to have yiddish classrooms taught in yiddish. and i dont want them to start teaching arabs in arabic either. if you have a high population of yiddish speakers, feel free to hire someone who speaks yiddish, but that is something different. If you want a religious education, go make one. get federal funding, but why demand it in the public school setting?
I don’t think chassidish men belong in the public schools, and i wish frum kids didn’t have to go either, but i dont understand making the public school build a frum program within their public setting. and i often hate the way it makes us look when we go demanding it.