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My idea? Teach people about religion. For 5 years of school {high-school equivalent} I was taught the basics of Belief vs. Fact, Symbols, Jewdaism, Christianity {and some sub-sections of it}, Hindu, Muslim, Budist {again, Zen and other sub-sets}. This allows you to know that other people worship the same guy {Jews, Christains and Muslims... possibly more, can't remember} and that other people are people {the last 2 years split into racism and Sex Ed.}.
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I think that's a great idea except that many of these religions have debates within themselves regarding what they're all about. Are you going to teach Reformed, Conservative, Modern-Orthodox, Mitnagdish, Chassidish, etc Judaism? Further it's impossible to teach even one religion fully in a classroom environment (speaking as someone who went to religious schools and who's brother in law is a Jewish-studies teacher) so you're not going to get anything more than a cursory run-through. And with religion, it's very easy to miss a major point that looks like a minor one.