RHYEN STALEY: What Cesar Chavez’s Fall Reveals About Our Schools

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The American education system was in love with Cesar Chavez, until it wasn’t.

The meteoric downfall of the leftwing labor hero is the latest example of the tragic consequences of placing the advancement of far-left collectivist ideology and politics over principles that protect the vulnerable.

As K-12 districts across the country publicly and privately distance themselves from Chavez, many schools have been and still are engaging in practices that prioritize the advancement of a leftwing social justice orthodoxy over transparency and federal law.

For example, the New York Times’ bombshell exposé of Chavez comes on the heels of a story out of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia that involved an adult illegal immigrant allegedly groping and sexually assaulting female students inside a school. According to parents of the minor victims, the district was going to allow the assailant to return to the school once he was released from jail. (RELATED: Cesar Chavez Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls In Bombshell Report)

But this is not the first time one of the nation’s largest school districts has tried to hide illegal or unethical acts from........

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