(Anthony Matoria) The education of children is one of the more consequential issues in American politics. This is so, not merely because of concerns regarding the poor quality of education in many locations throughout the country, but also because the issue is used to justify alterations to established institutions and norms. The family and the individual dignity and welfare of the child are among these institutions and norms. Debate regarding education thus tends to wander into such areas as “parental rights” and whether children “belong” to society. These are the issues of actual interest to progressive ideologies, and education is merely one front on which the ideologues seek to advance their agenda.