The Marxist left believes they can change America through the minds of the children. They're indoctrinating them into the socialist revolution. Their system was complete in 2000 (i.e., the Goals 2000 program, also known as "Outcome-based" education). That graduating class had completed the entire brain wash program, starting from kindergarden.
It's the agenda the public schools are using now. That's why homosexuality is taught to kinderghardeners right away, to "prove' to the students their parents are wrong. Teachers are "right."
They need to erace values taught by parents, and introduce their values to replace them. The kids need to be away from their parents influence as much as possible. Day care, pre-school, before school programs, after school programs, summer school, on site doctors, free birth control and abortions, dentists, social workers, breakfast, lunch , dinner, and the village covers everything. Parents are no longer necessary.
Marx said "Give me your children, and I'll have them for life."
Now that their system if failing, and the kids are becomming wild, unrulely animals full of arrogant (self esteem training) psychopaths, they claim it's the parents fault, and they need more funding to support their agenda.
(We homeschool. They're not getting their filthy, vile hands on our kids).
Not all conservatives can afford homeschool or private school. My wife and I both have to work. We can only hope that the school system will be cleaned up some day.