This is awful!
But this didn’t start one hundred years ago. I went to public schools from kindergarten, through 7th grade through 12th grade - in a blue state. (Spent 1st through 6th in Catholic school.) I learned nothing but to love America and the Constitution. I only fell down on that Algebra stuff.
Algebra is easy - you know more than you think you know.
For example, if X number of children are in the school district, and Y number of liberals are on the school board, then X/Y gives you the Public Education (PE) constant of 666.
And between PE and 666, you can figure out anything you want about government schools.
See? Easy peasy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdiPHMPiJvE
This man is a US Congressman. He has a Master’s plus he retired as an LTC. DUH?