Public Schools: ’60s Ideology Reshaping K

The 1960s takeover of American universities has now come for our institutions of K–12 education.

In some cases, this statement is quite literal. Bill Ayers, a founding member of the Weather Underground became a revered professor of education after his time leading a terroristic organization. Similarly, their principal bomb maker, Cathlyn Wilkerson, became a high-school math teacher for two decades.

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Daniel Buck is a research fellow and the director of the Conservative Education Reform Network at the American Enterprise Institute.

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The 1960s takeover of American universities has now come for our institutions of K–12 education.

In some cases, this statement is quite literal. Bill Ayers, a founding member of the Weather Underground became a revered professor of education after his time leading a terroristic organization. Similarly, their principal bomb maker, Cathlyn Wilkerson, became a high-school math teacher for two decades.