AIDEN BUZZETTI: We Need To Fix Public Schools, Not Abandon Them

For too long, conservatives have focused on alternatives to the failing public school system like charter schools, homeschooling, and school choice programs. While these efforts are valuable case by case, they ignore a larger reality: the majority of American children still attend public schools.

Retreating to charter schools or homeschooling may be an option for select families, but for the 87 percent of American children in public schools, surrendering the system to left-wing bureaucrats is not an option.

Conservatives must take the fight directly into the public school system by dismantling indoctrination and restoring academic excellence and core American values from within.

At the 1776 Project PAC, we have made strides in reclaiming local school boards, with hundreds of new board members elected in recent years. But winning elections isn’t enough. Without a clear policy vision to untangle decades of democratic failures, these victories risk being symbolic rather than substantive.

Progressives have spent far too long forcing their agenda into public education. They have woven ideology into the fabric of the system. Without a strong, coordinated effort, conservatives will continue to cede ground to bureaucrats who prioritize far-left values over academic excellence.

Under President Trump’s leadership, executive orders were issued to push back against radical left-wing ideology in education. These policies aimed to remove divisive critical race theory teachings, restore a fact-based curriculum, and emphasize the principles of classical education