… and in some of our dumber states it can sometimes work. It was well on its way toward happening at the University of Virginia until people started noticing, and the state’s prison-bound governor got involved.
High schools are particularly vulnerable to boards of trustees stuffed with ideologues determined to turn the schools into propaganda venues.
In response to student protest in one Colorado district, the board president has responded with characteristic condescension:
“I would rather be able to do those things without conflict, but at the end of the day, it’s very important that we align with those goals,” he said.
We’d love it if the revolution could be bloodless, but one way or another, historical inevitability being what it is, these kids will learn what’s good for them.