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The progressive education machine is collapsing. We should let it fall

This fight is about much more than admission to college. This is about the survival of America

By Dr. Kent Ingle Fox News

Published July 17, 2026 5:00am EDT

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The American education establishment is currently having a collective meltdown. If you watch the headlines closely, you can see the panic setting in across the country.

This is the unmistakable sound of a broken progressive machine collapsing under the weight of its own arrogance. The radical left has engineered our educational system to prioritize ideological compliance over human formation. Reality is finally catching up with them, and the collapse is starting where the crusade began. The war on merit.

A few years ago, the "prestigious" University of California system proudly eliminated standardized testing. They sacrificed the........

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