The second mistake is assuming that widespread indoctrination is actually happening. For all the inflammatory anecdotes, there is little credible evidence that large numbers of educators are systematically pushing personal political agendas. Indeed, this was a key finding of a 2024 study conducted by the American Historical Association of secondary history classrooms in the nation’s public schools. In a 2025 study from Brown University’s Annenberg Institute, researchers surveying American high school students concluded that while “some so-called divisive topics make their way into classrooms … the nation is not experiencing an epidemic of widespread indoctrination from the teacher workforce.”