KerryKing used a key word earlier: agendas
Any individual, group or government trying to push education with any sort of agenda is going to distort facts and create people whose "education" is limited at best.
Of course, to some extent, we all have what could be called "agendas" or "ulterior motives". A healthy society has to be built on some sort of consensus and agreed norms.
But when these are enforced by fear, threats, and emotional or physical abuse - as is the case in high control groups and even, increasingly, in general society with concepts like CRT, and various political and social theories taught as fact and now being backed up by laws and with "cancel culture" - that's when "education" can turn bad.
Critical thinking - in other words, the ability to analyse and weigh evidence, and apply reason, as freely as possible from personal bias and assumptions - is vital, so as not to be mislead by any intellectual dishonesty, whether it's from religions, politicians, corporations or social movements.
You don't have to be taught at home, or in some kind of separate commune, university or seminary.
You don't have to travel to other parts of the world.
You don't have to be either religious or non-religious.
You don't have to conform either to past views of history, race, gender, etc, nor to the new orthodoxies on these subjects that current "influential" people are trying to promote.
But you do need to be prepared to relinquish your own personal pet assumptions, or at least suspend them in order to evaluate new experiences and evidence you are exposed to. (We all need to have a working model of the world in our minds - you'd go crazy without one. But we should be able and willing to modify it if the facts require it.)
We also need to be prepared to recognise that other people have differing models of how the world works in their minds, and live by those, and that that is fine and not something we should fear or fight against (as long as they are not trying to influence others by force).
Another thing that is essential in clear, critical thinking but is sadly being lost in most communities is being able to assess issues and act in a calm and dispassionate manner: not getting over-emotional or hyped up with rage, nor becoming aggressive or militant. We're seeing increasing polarised attitudes on many issues, leading to aggression and abuse. We're seeing it in all the flashpoint issues of our time: L v R politics, immigration, race, gender, big pharma, anti-capitalism, etc.
