That may be true in some regards...however, even based on your own assessments (education and civility are the keys to improving this situation, based on your earlier statements), the liberals are pointing closer to the right direction on that one.
Attempting to stave off the harsher effects of poverty (one of which being crime), fighting for educational availability for everyone, etc...
That's not true. There might be more teachers who go left than right, but that's different than "running the system", the system is ran by legislators and they influence the direction it takes based on where they direct funding.
Currently, any efforts to make education more widely available are met with accusations of socialism, and any efforts at putting reasonable standards in place are met with nonsensical memes about "common core math" and how "the public school system is trying to get rid of Christianity"
Any right that doesn't directly impact someone else, but that people still feel compelled to try to restrict in the name of their own religious ideals.
Civility (or being part of a civilization), means treating others in society with respect, saying "I don't like when people do that, so they shouldn't be allowed", or looking at someone in an unfortunate situation, due to no fault of their own, and blaming them instead of helping them, is the exact opposite of civility.