🧵They’re not even pretending anymore: Education is political—and always has been. The only question is WHOSE politics and for what purpose.
The Left says it out loud.
The Right still pretends schools can be “value-neutral.”
But the Founders knew better.
And so should we.👇
2/ National Teacher of the Year Ashlie Crosson said the quiet part loud:
“Teaching is deeply political.”
She’s right. But that’s not the issue.
The real issue is what kind of politics they’re teaching, what kind we’ve stopped teaching, and what taxpayer funds should pay for.
3/ At the NEA’s national conference, Crosson wasn’t alone.
Union boss Becky Pringle called DEI “sacred,” denounced Trump as “diabolical,” and made the crowd chant:
“Diversity! Equity! Inclusion!”
This is religious fanaticism in government-run schools.
4/ Too many Republicans still cling to the myth of “neutral” education.
“Teach ABCs, not CRT,” they say.
But every school teaches a vision of right and wrong.
Of what it means to be a good citizen.
That’s politics.
You can’t take the politics out. You can only choose which.
5/ The Founders didn’t want neutrality. They wanted virtue.
Benjamin Rush said schools must form “wise and good men.”
Jefferson said education must teach citizens their rights and duties.
Washington called education the foundation of freedom itself.
6/ Public education was never supposed to be neutral. It was supposed to prepare CITIZENS.
The Massachusetts Constitution mandates schools promote “virtue, wisdom, knowledge” as “necessary for the preservation of rights and liberties.”
That’s not neutrality. But it's needed.
7/ Plato’s Republic spends most of its time talking about education.
Why? Because whoever teaches the next generation rules the republic.
Every education system forms souls.
The only question is: into what? Patriots? Or anti-American zealots?
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