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The Heartland Institute podcast featuring libertarian and conservative scholars who are working to bring school choice to every family, and break up the monopoly of our failing government-run public education system.

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    • Oct 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Private Choices & Public Hypocrisy: The Teachers Union President Controversy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 40:58


    The executive president of one of the nation's largest teachers unions is under fire for the revelation that her eldest son attends a private school. Teachers unions universally oppose school choice programs that include private schools, and in doing so they deny education opportunities to children whose parents cannot afford to pay for them to leave the deteriorating public schools. This is an especially troubling problem in nearly all the nation's big cities, where the public schools are plagued by poor student achievement, disorderly behavior in classrooms and other facilities, disastrous teaching methods based on ridiculous fads, and politicized curricula. Denisha Allen, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children and founder of Black Minds Matter, joins School Reform News to discuss this problem.

    Kids Have Never Been More Ignorant of U.S. History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 8:33


    The other day, Heartland Institute Editorial Director Chris Talgo, was on the Rod Arquette Show in Salt Lake City, Utah to talk about the pathetic results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The nation's report card found that only 13 percent of 8th graders are considered proficient in US History.  Chris is a former U.S. History teacher in the public schools of the Chicago Suburbs and a small town in South Carolina. That was almost a decade ago, and even back then Chris was shocked at how little his students knew about American history. And now the results are even worse. Why is it getting worse? Chris explains in this excerpt from the Rod Arquette show. Have a listen.

    Education Freedom Report Card (Guest: Jonathan Butcher)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 37:40


    Prospects for Universal School Choice in Texas (Guest: Kent Grusendorf)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 16:56


    Critical Race Theory Suffers Defeat in Texas (Guest: Craig Ownby)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 18:27


    America's Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality (Guest: Adam Tyner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 20:03


    Miseducation Propaganda in U.S. Schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 25:52


    Critical Race Theory and “The Authoritarians”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 34:19


    Bring the Classics Back to Education (Guest: Morgan E. Hunter)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 31:07


    Why We Need School Choice (Guest: Tim Benson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 31:55


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    More Education Funding Does Not Improve Education Outcomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 21:49


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    National Parents Union: Connecting and Supporting Parents (Guests: Keri Rodrigues and Alma Marquez)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 15:30


    55 Important Words from the Declaration of Independence (Guest: Rep. Dan Caulkins)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 20:03


    Best Practices for Lawmakers on Education Choice Policy (Guest: Jason Bedrick)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 38:41


    CLT: An Alternative to the Common Core Aligned SAT and ACT (Guests: Jeremy Tate and Keith Nix)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 21:52


    West Virginia Teachers Get Paid to Skip School (Guest: Tim Benson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 14:55


    Chicago Teacher Strike: Rewarding Failure (Guests: Tim Benson and Chris Talgo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 18:29


    Rise of Socialism on Campus (Guest: Charlie Copeland of ISI)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 43:32


    Protecting Students through Child Safety Accounts (Guest: Congressman Jim Banks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 14:48


    The School Choice Roadmap (Guest: Andrew Campanella)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 20:18


    Is there Really a Teacher Shortage? (Guest: Larry Sand)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 21:33


    In The Tank – Deep Dive on Education Policy with Lennie Jarratt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 59:30


    The Problem in Higher Education and a Solution to Restoring Their Promise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 23:07


    No Safe Spaces (Guest: Producer Mark Joseph)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 33:23


    Collaborative Dialogue to Maintain a Free Society (Guest: Marsha Familaro Enright)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 31:41


    How I Escaped the Columbine Shooting, a Survivor’s Story (Guest: Rep. Patrick Neville)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 25:00


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    Rachel's Challenge and the 20th Anniversary of Columbine (Guest: Darrell Scott)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 18:40


    The Invest in Kids Act (Guest: Alissa McCurley-Vogel)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 32:02


    Prospects for School Reform in Texas (Guest: Kent Grusendorf)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 31:01


    Will West Virginia Parents Finally Get Education Choice? (Guest: Senator Patricia Rucker)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 22:17


    School Choice in New Hampshire is Under Attack (Guest: Michelle Levell)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 15:26


    In The Tank (ep175) – School Choice Week, Wind Taxes?, Gun Rights Sanctuary State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2019 81:45


    The Bias in State K-12 Education Rankings (Guest: Stan Liebowitz)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 19:31


    Education Choice Reforms in 2019 (Guest: Vicki Alger)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 44:47


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    School Choice in the Wake of Two State Supreme Court Rulings (Guest: Lennie Jarratt)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 30:13


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