No, the answer to our abysmally ignorant students is not higher pay for teachers

Maryland AP History course dares speak truth to power with a unique, never-thought-of-or-spoken-before concept: Orange Man Hitler! (And a commie, but is that so bad?)

According to a report from The Baltimore Sun, a slide used in a presentation in an Advanced Placement history lesson at Loch Raven High School shows a picture of Trump, with the caption “Wants to round up a group of people and build a giant wall.” Underneath that is swastika with the caption "been there" and the communist hammer and sickle symbol with the caption "Done that."

Another caption reads  “Oh, that is why it sounds so familiar.”

Baltimore County Public Schools made the following statement:

“The slide was used as part of a lesson in an AP History course. The topics being discussed included World Wars and the attempts by some leaders to limit, or prevent migration, into certain countries. In isolation and out of context with the lesson, the image could be misunderstood. In our Advanced Placement (AP) classes, which are college level courses, we expect and encourage analysis and discussion around historical and current events even if they are considered controversial. This lesson was not intended to make a political statement. If a student has concerns when discussing a controversial issue, schools have the tools to address the concern and support the student.

Were the barbed wire fences at Buchenwald really intended to prevent Jews from migrating into camp? Was the Berlin Wall erected to keep West Germans from flooding into the people’s paradise next door? Did the Mariel boatlift ferry Cubans from Miami to Havana? And finally, is the purpose of Trump’s border wall built to keep American tourists from invading Tijuana?

Discuss, but among yourselves; your teacher is too stupid to grasp the distinction.