And the gutting of public school funding by Democrats and Republicans undermine any consideration of what is “right” or moral or healthy. School districts are discarding teaching degree requirements to meet spending goals all over the US. Of course kids are going to feel alienated. They absolutely are. And of course they will act accordingly. And now they will go to jail for it.
The only solution here is voting for politicians who do not accept corporate donations. Vote another way and you are consenting to this behavior.