And, who determines what the curriculum is? For example, for a while it was practically (or technically?) illegal to teach evolution in some schools in the southern US. Just 'educating people' is not the full answer, and it could actually be more harmful in the end to educate people with wrong information than to not educate them at all.
heh, I wasn't planning on divinity level of faith, but you'd be surprised how much stupid resistance people will put when you tell them things. The minute they validate you, anything you say goes