Safe Spaces, Dangerous Schools
Written By Thomas Hampson | 04.18.24
One of the commonly heard complaints of college students in the last several years is that the institutions of higher education they attend have failed to provide “safe spaces” for them. Students have complained that they feel unsafe because the professors or fellow students or administrators fail to acknowledge their chosen pronouns or that students of color feel unsafe in classes or dorms with white students.
Other complaints involve students concerned about speakers, usually conservative speakers, who have been retained to speak on campus. The aversion to conservatives speaking at colleges has become so pervasive that it is almost impossible for prominent conservatives to speak on U.S. campuses without drawing threats and protests.
We hear a lot about these campus complaints. Yet, how many students actually have them? Those who do certainly make a lot of noise, but the reality is that it’s a minority of students who are clamoring for safe spaces—a rather small minority who are outspoken.
What about our high schools? Middle schools? Grade schools? Are these students worried about finding safe spaces?
They should be. Parents should be as well.
A few weeks ago, Wirepoints highlighted the findings of the Chicago Public School’s 2024 report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report summarized the findings of 446 investigations by the OIG’s investigators conducted last year.
The results are disturbing and paint a picture of Chicago Schools as anything but safe. I wrote about thisissue almost three months ago and pointed out that the problem is far worse than the OIG report reveals.
Why is so little being done about the sexual exploitation and abuse of children in our schools? Where are the demonstrations demanding safe spaces for students in grades K to 12?
One reason is that children often don’t know that they are being exploited.
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