... there were no crayons, or even a colored Sharpie!

Picture heavy, few words

And to be aware of how monsters "think."

Do better academically, are calmer and better behaved. They are also able to be more tasked oriented. The classes that don’t have this the kids are wilder, only a few can complete assignments and are incapable of being quiet for at 2 minutes. ( I challenge them and time them and get 2 minutes max out of them) K-1 they need to be read to everyday and can do silent reading by second grade.

... who said, "Bill Clinton never met an education program he didn't like". And the asshole meant it as a pejorative.
The prejudice against education has permeated conservatism of its entire existence, but that prejudice has always been primarily aimed at People of Color, women, and Liberals, but it also includes any marginalized group that WASPy Republicans don't like. Which is anyone who isn't them.
I wish I could live long enough to see conservatism relegated to its rightful place at the Dark End of the Sociopathy Spectrum. But I'll turn 80 next year, so I harbor no illusions that I'll ever get to check that box off my bucket list.

with its myth of the 'natural man', etc., which is in fact just an excuse for the crass materialism that is the other root of our culture.