New York City public schools are about to reopen, but my children won’t be there. My husband and I decided to take our children out of the school system because of its falling academic standards, rising antisemitism and a culture of fearful silence. My children are 6 and 9. They have no idea who Christopher Columbus is, but they know how to mix paint to match their skin color. They’ve never heard the inspirational words of Martin Luther King Jr. in school, but they know he was, in their words, “shot by a white guy.” My younger child was told...