As a substitute teacher in a largely urban/ ghetto area, I've seen firsthand the negative consequences of the control liberalism has over our schools, especially in terms of its toxic effect on their disciplinary policies. Students (Especially minority students who've learned how powerful the all- purpose race card can be when used on the right people) believe they can do whatever they want, rules don't apply to them, and any potential punishments that might be imposed on them are nothing to be afraid of.
A few examples of this:
I've had to break up three fights, one of which had gang elements.
I've had a mouthy little puke of a student threaten to jump me in the streets because I gave him a referral (The student in question was a disruptive pain in the butt the entire period, including at one point making a cruel comment about kids with special needs).
I've had another mouthy little puke of a student openly accuse me of racism in front of the rest of the class and a school administrator, on the grounds that he and two other disruptive students I called the office on that period happened to be black (Never mind that the first student I sent to the office that day happened to be white).
I've had yet another mouthy little puke of a student actually try to cite Martin Luther King Jr. to justify his obnoxious acting up in class (Never mind that, as a sub with a B.A. in History with a specialization in American History including two classes on African- American History, I can guarantee I've forgotten more things about Dr. King than that brainless little thug ever knew about him).
I've had a student threaten to have his dad, who's apparently a boxer, come to school and beat me up because I dared to tell him to stop chattering with the student behind him and get to work (I retorted by informing him that I'm friends with one of the best personal injury lawyers in the county, who'll happily sue his meathead dad into oblivion if he lays a finger on me).
I've heard students say things (Including to my face) that I would never have dared say when I was in school, out of fear of what the administrators and my parents would have done to me in response.
Thanks, Obama! This is your presidential legacy in action!