In her book Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion, Allie Beth Stuckey identifies a dangerous distortion: empathy becomes toxic when it encourages us to affirm falsehoods, ignore consequences, or support policies that ultimately harm the very people they claim to help. This concept finds a clear and troubling application in American education today. Across the country—and acutely here in California—policymakers and institutions have relaxed or eliminated