Can We De-Politicize Education?

Calls to "keep politics out of education" arise regularly—especially when curriculum controversies erupt over topics like Indigenous history, gender identity, or climate change. These calls assume education could be politically neutral if only partisan interests would stop interfering. But is apolitical education possible? Or is education inherently political, with calls for neutrality themselves being political moves? Understanding the deep connections between education and politics illuminates why depoliticizing education may be impossible—and perhaps undesirable.