Source: Fraser Institute
Too many school boards have lost the plot. Instead of drilling down on reading, math, and giving kids the tools they need to succeed, they’re busy chasing every social controversy that comes along. The result is distracted classrooms, frustrated parents, and students who fall further behind in the fundamentals that actually matter.
The Fraser Institute is right to call for a reset. Boards exist to run schools, not to play cultural referee. When trustees and administrators spend their energy on pronoun policies, ideological curricula, or performative gestures, they pull focus from the one job they’re actually paid to do: delivering strong academic outcomes. Parents aren’t sending their kids to school for activism. They want them to learn.
This drift has real consequences. Test scores stagnate while divisions deepen. Trust in the system erodes. Kids pay the price when time that should be spent on history, science, or literature gets eaten up by the latest cause of the day.
It’s time for a straightforward course correction. School boards should focus on what they can control: hiring good teachers, maintaining safe environments, and making sure every child leaves with real skills and knowledge. Leave the culture wars to the adults outside the classroom. Our children deserve better than another generation shortchanged by institutions that forgot their purpose.
