[This piece has been published in Restoring America to highlight the importance of parental prerogatives in the public education system.]

Here’s a simple fact of public education that is seldom, if ever, remarked upon: the vast majority of America’s 3.7 million classroom teachers are government employees. Obvious, you say? Perhaps, but then why have there been so many recent instances of teachers straying beyond their remit, second-guessing parents, and indulging often stridently ideological positions on race, gender, and other sensitive topics?