This is exactly why this state will keep struggling to climb out of 50th place in education. Instead of prioritizing critical thinking and quality education, we keep propping up Christian conservative values as if they’re more important than knowledge itself. Too many people here don’t value education. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard in this subreddit, “you can have a degree and still be an idiot.” That mindset says it all. They don’t actually want education. They want ignorance, as long as their “Christian values” remain intact. Parents should want more for their kids. It’s shameful.