Kamala Harris introduces Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate in Philadelphia on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Phil McAuliffe/Polaris
Rarely if ever have visions of education offered by the two major party tickets in a presidential campaign been so radically different.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate this week affirmed her total support of public education – along with her acknowledgment of the crucial contributions of teachers, not only to her personal success but to the well-being of the nation as a whole. In his first appearance with Harris in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Walz spoke favorably of her view of education as a “ticket to the middle class.”
By contrast, Trump and Vance bring a conspiratorial view of education in which public schools are viewed as vehicles to indoctrinate children into left-wing ideologies. Rather than…
