It's Wednesday, March 8, 2023. I'm Albert Molar and this is the briefing. A daily analysis

of news and events from a Christian worldview. Wherever you go, almost anywhere in the world,

but in particular wherever you go in the United States, you are likely to find controversies

over the schools. And one of the things I want us to think about on the briefing today

is why that is the case and why we need to pay some really close and very special attention

to the controversies that emerge from the schools. Now today I am in Phoenix, Arizona,

and on the front page of the Arizona Republic, that's the major newspaper in Phoenix, we

find a headline news story above the fold quote, new rules sought for Arizona schools.

The subhead lawmakers take deep dive in class operations. Mary Jo Pitzel is the reporter

for the Arizona Republic, which is also a part of USA Today Network. So some of you may see

this article in a USA Today affiliated local newspaper. But this is date line from Arizona

and what it's telling us is that the legislature here in Arizona is taking up consideration

of new laws concerning what is and is not to be taught in the public schools in Arizona,

so who can and can't use certain facilities such as restrooms in Arizona schools. Now

just about anywhere you go in the country, you're going to find similar news stories. This

one's interesting, even the headline of course grabs our attention, especially with that

subhead lawmakers take deep dive in class operations. Now that does mean something has changed.

And so as you look at that, that subhead in the article about legislators taking a deep

dive in class operations, the reason why a newspaper would say that is because if you were

to go back, just say a couple of decades in American history, you would find that most

state legislators basically trusted those they defined as educational professionals to come

up with the rules and the policies in the school system. But there is a very good reason

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