Politicians are the most influential people for the American education system. States govern the curriculum, and the elected officials of each state have significant power over the things our children are taught. School curriculum is something that is constantly changing due to the political climate of local areas, and it can be affected at every level (federal, state, city, school, classroom). While it is difficult to standardize what is taught, it is disappointing to see children being underserved in their education because of one politician's idea, one administrator’s idea, one teacher’s idea, one parent’s idea, and one student’s idea of what should be taught in schools. It is extremely alarming that we don’t have a federally decided method of teaching, and makes it so difficult to decide what is the correct way to teach. The school system already serves its white-cis-male student the most, but in more conservative states the educational gap can be extreme. For example, Texas’ lack of certain laws allowed schools to find loopholes and promote creationism up until 2017 (Mansoor 2017). It is an issue that needs to be resolved so we can give every student the opportunity to achieve the highest rate of success in education.