Mother of 5 because the lack of sex education? You'd think after the first 3 she might make a connection.

Regarding school days -- you don't know what you're talking about.

The required number of schools days has decreased, but the required number of instructional hours has remained the same.

So education isn't "suffering" under Republicans in Kansas. In fact, making the day longer and going fewer days is far more cost effective because you don't have to run the buses as much, you save on food preparation costs, etc. And you get the same number of school hours as you would on a longer schedule. That's just smart management.

By way of comparison, France has 4-day-a-week school and kids go to school only 144 days per year, which is about 40 fewer than the OECD average. Are the Republicans conspiring to ruin France as well?

Blaming a short week on Republicans is just silly. Kansas public schools rank around 15th nationwide -- ahead of liberal bastions such as Maryland, Rhode Island, Oregon, California and others. [1] It seems like other states might ought to see what Kansas is doing right. What's California's excuse?[2] There aren't many Republicans in California -- they're an endangered species. If "Republicans are bad for education" then it would follow that in a state with few Republicans, education ought to be better right? But the data just doesn't support that conclusion. It doesn't support the opposite conclusion either. There really isn't a correlation between dominant political party and education quality.

Case in point: NJ and Mass. are very blue states with great public education while Rhode Island is also a very blue state but with middle of the pack education. Iowa is a deep red state and it's ranked number 9 in the country. Wisconsin is a red state that voted for Trump as well as many years of a being under a Republican Governor -- and their education system is ranked 4th. There's no correlation -- and to make such a claim is irresponsible because the data doesn't support it.

As far as abandoning faith in Republicans -- since the growth of the sheer absurdity of this whole social justice warrior movement (seriously, they literally riot when they disagree with someone's viewpoints,) along with the near religious anti-capitalism class warfare rhetoric from Democrats -- I've abandoned all faith in anyone voting Democrat. There was a time when Republicans and Democrats could find common ground. That time has passed since pretty much every modern Democrat idea starts from the premise that white males are viruses that must be controlled or that people are all victims unable to go to the toilet without a government program to help them wipe their ass. [3]. When a political party makes a point of lecturing me on my "privilege" and how I'm personally responsible for all of society's ills -- then they've lost me forever. Might as well be blaming me for slavery. I don't even care if Democrats are right on some issues. I'm never voting for a party that accuses me of being:

1. ..a tax evader (I live in France and the Democrats are responsible for the hell caused by FATCA.)
2. .. a racist
3. .. a hater of women
4. .. greedy
5. .. a destroyer of the environment

I am none of those things and I'm a libertarian who tends to vote Republican. Correction -- I am a bit greedy -- I think I should be entitled to keep more of the money I earn and pass it on to my children rather than giving it to people who didn't earn it nor have any right to it. So ok, I'll admit to being greedy.

[1] https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-best-schools/5335/
[2] http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/05/california-schools-ear...
[3] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/10/30/...