Even those who aren’t surprised by the simple fact of Donald Trump’s assault on America’s universities must be shocked by the full frontal magnitude of it all, belated attempts to walk back parts of it, notwithstanding. (Harvard is putting up a courageous, clever, and effective defense.)
Republicans have literally been attacking public education for the entire 3+ decades of my life.
It was the inciting incident for the “moral majority.” The integration of schools really triggered the reactionaries.
Of course, having to teach science instead of their myth really upsets them too.
Also, showing kids different perspectives on history other than the manifest destiny of white men really offends them.
Oh, and treating every student with dignity really lights them up.
Turns out there’s a lot of reasons why reactionaries hate education, and they mostly reduce down to the fact that education makes one far less likely to be a backwards antisocial goon.
In my experience, it was in addition to. My high school biology teacher was a creationist who “taught the controversy”.
A very rare breed indeed
Depending on the state, getting teaching credentials is not challenging at all.
All 5 of mine too.
I mean Republicans were the party of federally funded higher education, just … under Lincoln.
Texas is about to defund public schools