While going to break point a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of

unchanging truth, for the Colston Center, I'm John Stone Street.

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, about 65% of teachers said that they limited their instruction

because they were afraid of upsetting parents and felt uncertain about whether the school

and district leaders would support them if parents did express concerns.

And to varying degrees, teachers in both more progressive and in more right-leaning areas

admitted as much, although according to the author, teachers were more likely to suppress

classroom content in areas where former President Trump had received the majority vote in

2020. Well, the encouraging part of the story is that more teachers now care how parents will respond to what their children are being taught.

This is certainly an improvement over treating children as if they're the property of the state or of the school.

For too long and for too many parental involvement's been limited, even discouraged, left up to the

so-called experts in order to determine what is and not appropriate content for their children.

However, beyond the parent-teacher dynamic, there's another troubling side to the story.

Regardless of political leanings, when the place of truth within education is unclear and uncertain and the role of the teacher

as a representative of truth is compromised, the educational project has certainly lost its way.

The clear implication for learners and teachers is that truth is

merely subjective and should be changed in order to fit whatever the mood is of

the day. In fact, according to the ever-increasing critical theory mood that dominates education in the Western world,

any claim to objective truth is not only wrong, it's viewed as an oppressive power play,

rather than being an accurate reflection of reality.

Of course it's inevitable that teachers will instruct their students according to the world views that dominate the educational system.

So it shouldn't surprise us if teachers alter their content to better fit the cultural mood,

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