Nelson Mandala once said,




There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. 
Nelson Mandela



If you take some time to examine what’s going on in the public school system, and what it’s doing to our children, you’d think America’s soul had been sold to someone hellbent on destroying American values and virtues.



Most of us have heard small soundbites or seen headlines warning parents of what’s going on in schools, but when you dig a little deeper, what you find is alarming and horrifying. It's as if there's a small, anti-American contingent that has control over our school systems.



They understand that the way to remake America into something it wasn't intended to be is to change the minds of today's children, who will be voting and leading adults within the next two to three decades.



Our Founding Fathers understood that well-educated citizens would protect the ideals and integrity of the United States, and that an ignorant or uneducated population would lead to America’s demise. They knew that our educational systems would either build or break our nation. 




The Founding Fathers maintained that the success of the fragile American democracy would depend on the competency of its citizens. They believed strongly that preserving democracy would require an educated population that could understand political and social issues and would participate in civic life, vote wisely, protect their rights and freedoms, and resist tyrants and demagogues. Character and virtue were also considered essential to good citizenship, and education was seen as a means to provide moral instruction and build character.
Center on Education Policy



As extreme left-wing ideologies continue to entrench themselves in the public school system, prioritizing fundamental education, has taken a backseat to creating champions of those ideologies.



The more I've delved into what's happening, the more concerned I've become as I consider a future where young adults were never taught basic educational skills, are unable to think critically, and fear voices that contradict the indoctrination they learned from their teachers as they grew up.



In this brief essay, I can only touch on a few points every parent should consider as they send their kids off to school. At the end, I recommend a best-selling book that'll take you much deeper into how prevalent this issue is, and how deep-seated it is in the school system across the country.





Equality of Outcome, Not Educational Excellence



Our grandson learned to ski this past winter. Having skied since I was three years old, I understood the importance of learning how to ski the right way, rather than simply sending him down the hill to figure it out on his own, and end up developing bad habits along the way.



For his first day on the slopes, we got him a lesson. For his second day, he started with a lesson and then we skied with him the rest of the day, reinforcing the lessons he learned. A couple of weeks later, we got him another lesson.



Could he have gotten by without the lessons? Sure. He could have made it down the slopes without them, but just getting down the slopes isn't at all the same as learning to carve, pop, ski backwards, spin, or handle variations in terrain that go from soft snow to ice to unexpected grooves and bumps.



I want him to become an excellent skier because it'll give him the freedom to ski wherever he wants, from hills here in the midwest to slopes in the rocky mountains. The better his skills, the more fun he'll have with the sport.



Reading, writing, and math are a lot like that. Achieving a high standard in these fundamentals opens other opportunities to learn, think, and communicate. Unfortunately, over the past two decades, schools have prioritized getting kids graduated over holding them accountable to educational standards.



In his best-selling book, Race to the Bottom,