A Climate of Ignorance: How Schools Are Failing Our Children

A Climate of Ignorance: How Schools Are Failing Our Children
A new four-story-high mural of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is nearing completion on the side of a building near Union Square in San Francisco on Nov. 11, 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Ryan Moffatt
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As a father to two children just entering the school system, I often ask myself how well they will be prepared for the world they will inherit. Will they be given the tools they need to solve complex problems? Will their minds be developed enough to discern truth from fiction? Will they learn to be measured and moral in their actions? I hope so, but I am not entirely convinced.