From the inception of the United States, the nation has held the belief that nothing is more crucial than educating the youth to become happy, healthy, and productive citizens. However, it’s no secret that during the previous administration’s tenure, the educational system, among other sectors of the government, became entangled with radical ideologies. It seemed like everywhere one looked, there was a new policy being introduced that did more to confuse than educate. There was even an attempt to introduce these complex ideologies to children no older than preschoolers. It’s laughable, really, that somehow the idea of boys playing dress-up in the wrong bathrooms was deemed as progress.
One could argue that the attempts to portray national heroes as villains went overwhelmingly too far. It wasn’t enough that schools were already struggling with the basic tenets of literacy and numeracy, but they had to heap on an ideological agenda that strayed drastically from the traditional values that parents held dear. The numbers speak for themselves: a mere 30% proficiency in reading and math was the disheartening result of these experiments in education. Clearly, weaponizing education did nothing but set the stage for underperformance.
Thankfully, changes have been underway to address these academic hiccups. This administration has taken substantial strides to dismantle what can only be described as the professional fantasy of a few left-swinging ideological acrobats. By placing parents, the true stakeholders, back in charge of their children’s education, there lies hope. A simple executive order managed to reverse these ill-devised plans; by banning critical race theory and transgender ideology in public schools, it finally acknowledged the outlandish nature of boys cramming into women’s locker rooms pretending to be athletes, a battle some still fight with relentless blindness.
Significant rulings from the courts have helped curb these past transgressions, clearly labeling such movements in education as failures. More importantly, they put every public institution on notice: pushing the notion that children, still figuring out their ABCs, are trapped in the wrong bodies is not education, it’s worse than misguided, it’s akin to child abuse. The efforts being made now aim to claim back the respectability of the educational framework and ensure true learning can occur, free from nonsensical propaganda.
The financial aspect of education has also been given a serious rethink. It is somewhat absurd to note that America has almost two times the educational budget of any other nation yet found itself trailing nearly all of them in results—sitting dismally at the bottom of the rankings. With the introduction of the education freedom tax credit, often considered the largest boom for school choice, parents now enjoy the power to choose schools that align with their own values. This pivotal change is a step toward ensuring that classrooms cultivate, rather than confuse, the young minds of tomorrow. It is about time we let common sense and genuine concern for children’s futures dictate the education system.
