April 6, 2023
Finally some good news on the education front we can all applaud. No, it’s not Florida eliminating Critical Race Theory, curtailing African-American studies, and banning books. No, it’s not Tennessee making it easier to carry guns in the wake of a mass shooting, and then expelling elected leaders, who supported students opposed to the legislation. No, it’s not about all of the school administrators and teachers being terrorized by gun-toting MAGA goons. No, it’s not about any number of states attacking trans students. It is the fact that Massachusetts is number one in the country for the percentage of students, who had a score of three or higher on their AP exams. It was not the first time we led the field.
The home of Horace Mann (which was the name of my junior high school) remains focused on its mission while other states are distracted by culture war issues. “No one did more than he to establish in the minds of the American people the conception that education should be universal, non-sectarian, free, and that its aims should be social efficiency, civic virtue, and character, rather than mere learning or the advancement of sectarian ends.” Maybe MAGA Republicans should be required to take, and pass, an AP test on U.S. history.
The Spin Doctor 