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The Founding Fathers maintained that the success of the fragile American democracy would depend on the competency of its citizens. They believed strongly that preserving democracy would require an educated population that could understand political and social issues and would participate in civic life, vote wisely, protect their rights and freedoms, and resist tyrants and demagogues. The critical role of an educated electorate to an effective democracy makes a high-quality system of public education a democracy issue. Any effort to weaken our system of public education or thwart its fundamental role of preparing citizens for self-governance, weakens our democracy.
There appears to be a War being waged on public education in Ohio and around the country and we should be ready to protect democracy by preventing the rise of policies that weaken public education for all.

“An Educated Public Needs Public Education” was the title of a League sponsored panel discussion at Lourdes University Franciscan Center on Thursday evening, November 9, 2023. Promoted as a Hot Button Issue, the event was well-attended. Panelists Teresa Fedor, Amy Natyshak and Randall Parker III provided perspective, reviewed concerns and answered questions from the audience.