There are many people who are doing a wonderful job educating children in spite of the insane demands put upon them by the Left and its welfare classes. I agree with you. Yet there are many more who are not. You are probably talking about teachers, but I am talking about parents - the people who are charged with educating their children. They don't educate their children and so allow them to become propagandized.
It's a systemic issue. It's not a matter of local control vs. Federal control, good teachers vs. bad teachers, Christians vs. Muslims. The reason the state runs schools is so the state can determine what and how children think. It may start with people who want children to think well and logically and with a clear mind, but the power corrupts.
What percentage of the population is our military?
Shalom.
Parents who abdicate their responsibilities to the state generally are irresponsible anyway. Unmarried mothers are a disaster for ANY educational system. They are the reasons for the difficulties in the education system.
And it is false that the state created schools to control what kids learn. They were created to assure that they have an opportunity to learn as part of the democratization of our culture. Having only the wealthiest class educated is not going to allow a strong economy or a strong military. Ideological blinders don't help understanding history or current events.
As to what percentage of our society is military or former military it is big. Its relevance is unknown in any case.