How many schoolchildren across this country are being taught to sympathize with terrorists? The question may sound absurd to many. Most people don’t want to hear or think about it. However, as a career educator, I can tell you it’s a problem staring us in the face and one we need to address head-on.

In recent weeks, several acts of violence and terrorism should force us to take a closer look — not just at the actions themselves, but at the troubling responses that followed.