Americans’ trust in the public education system has been falling for years and reached an all-time low this past June. It’s not difficult to understand why: Public schools shut children out of the classroom for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then forced them to abide by ridiculous mask and quarantine policies for even longer. The harm caused by school closures and mandatory masking will take years to undo, and yet there has been no apology or even hint of regret from the people responsible.

And that’s because the bureaucrats and union lobbyists running the public education system aren’t actually interested in educating or caring for students. Public schools’ COVID response was just one example of their priorities. Another, which is far more concerning, is the woke material that has taken over public schools’ curricula. From the ahistorical 1619 Project to the Gender Unicorn, leftist ideology is running amok in our public classrooms, and students are suffering as a result.