Katie Couric and a handful of other progressives are in hot water for their suggestion that Trump supporters need to be “deprogrammed.” While it’s not likely that 74 million Americans are rounded up for “reeducation” camps, it’s clear that the political left understands how the education system can serve their cause in propagating their ideology.
The Biden administration has already signaled a willingness to use public schools for a cultural “deprograming” of the next generation by pushing top down social justice theories about race, discipline, and sex. This approach generally seeks to limit school choice, because when more students exit the public system, they also escape its attempt at political brainwashing. For students, the best hope still lies with state legislatures, who make most decisions about education policy.
Republicans and independents have a fork in the road ahead of them. They can consign their children to the hands of a culturally radical Biden administration, which will continue to fundamentally transform the country. Or, they can empower families of all needs and political stripes to regain control over their children’s educations, by prioritizing broad-based school choice programs that ensure that they have both leverage and options.
Vouchers, please.