We agree 1000%
Truth can move swiftly and we all want a quick fix but maybe the long March through the institutions can only be thwarted and supplanted by a counter force through the institutions
A bottom up retaking of the schools, homeschooling, etc
Stalin said the 3 bedrock of American strength were patriotism, morality and spirituality
Those 3 have been in the crosshairs of every major institution for at least 50 years
Department of education was instituted in 1979 (operational 1980) under Carter.
The entire model was based on Soviet production lines. Every child learns exactly the same thing at the same time. Every child will have the same, correct answer to pass the mandated tests (even the questions that ask for the 'best' answer. Well, that's a matter of opinion and the child better have the correct opinion). And if the child does get the right answer, but gets there through a method other than the mandated method of the day, the answer is wrong.
And if your child can't sit still for hours on end, he (it's overwhelmingly boys) shall be medicated and disciplined to render him unnaturally calm, docile, and malleable.
It's not education. It's rote memory and regurgitation; get the 'right' answer to move along. Education is fostering critical, independent thought and discernment and being able to support or or (gasp) learn you're position is unsupportable. (And I greatly admire the many educators who foster true education. And there
are many who do so. There are more who just go along to get along.)
Administrators are under the mistaken belief they are the most important institution in a child's life. Because that's what's been spewed and accepted since 1980.
With 4 kids (3 girls and a boy) I've had more than my fair share of battles over the years on both points and am up against yet another one this year as my daughter graduates from hs. The current plan is that only students and teachers will be able to attend graduation in person. Parents can watch via zoom. Yeah, that's a hell no. I birthed this child. My husband and I will be at her graduation. Teachers can watch zoom.