Not a chance. Schools do not teach critical thinking here. They take teach repetition and recitation.

Schools are controlled by local school boards. Local school boards are typically controlled by religious idiots, at least in the south of the US, and because they are so populous their textbooks invade the rest of the US. Don't think for a second until we have college that we had any truly conscious thought.

And after that a significant portion of the population goes to isolated religious colleges which makes more highly educated morons.

And because they have connections, they slide into positions of power in the political system.