Question: Why is bias in the media so much more on our minds than bias in the schools?

Both the media and schools are largely in left-wing hands – and the content reflects this fact.  But consider the stark contrast between the two.  Schools, unlike the media, largely target impressionable youth.  Schools, unlike the media, are heavily tax-supported.  Schools, unlike the media, usually can’t go bankrupt.  And finally, schools, unlike the media, have a very high switching cost.  Even with a voucher system, changing your kid’s school would remain a much bigger deal than changing the channel.

In short:

Media

Schools

Aimed
largely at impressionable youth

no

yes

Tax-supported

no

yes

Can’t
go bankrupt

no

yes

High
switching cost

no

yes

If you think that schooling isn’t politicized, check out virtually any approved history text.  I vividly remember reading Thomas Bailey’s The American Pageant in the late 80s.  Every government program and every war except for Vietnam was a gift from God to Our Great Nation.