Abstract

Since its founding years, the United States has greatly concerned itself with providing stable education, notably through the Northwest Ordinance in the union’s early years of existence.

As the nation shifted towards a highly-educated workforce throughout industrialization and modernization, various states began taking education reforms to set up public schools, and thus the American public education system, although widely disconnected between states, was birthed.

However, this geographic disparity in education has ultimately morphed into a political one as regional and state politics have been gaining increased influence over the contents and methods to teaching K-12 level students in their respective areas.

This divergence in educational value based on region is acting as an early initializer for political indoctrination, and this paper seeks to clearly identify what the effects of school politicization are on various parties involved, as well as some possible solutions for lawmakers and advocates to consider.

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