Fmr. Supt. of Education Ryan Walters Exposes the Education Industrial Complex
About this episode
Ryan Walters and Marissa Streit discuss the influence of teachers unions and bureaucrats on education in America.
Former Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction and CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, Ryan Walters and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit expose how teachers unions, activist bureaucrats, and textbook publishers work TOGETHER behind the scenes to shape what happens in America’s classrooms. They discuss why school board transparency matters, how unions influence curriculum even in red states, how book publishers make money from political classrooms and why broad state standards are not enough to keep our students safe from the Education Industrial Complex. Find the Scholastic text Marissa references in the episode by clicking here: https://www.scholastic.com/momentsinfocus/icebox/icebox_lesson_activity.pdf Chapters: 00:00 — Why parents should stop complaining in private and go public 02:53 — What schools do behind closed doors to avoid accountability 05:16 — Why Ryan Walters left office to fight teachers unions nationally 06:50 — Who really has more power in education: elected officials or unions? 08:20 — The truth about local teachers unions vs. the national machine 13:11 — The NEA agenda, activist curriculum, and how ideology reaches classrooms 17:40 — Why radical books and…
People in this episode
Host: Marissa Streit
Guest: Ryan Walters
Topics covered
- education reform
- teachers unions
- curriculum influence
- school board transparency
- political education
- parental rights
Keywords
- education industrial complex
- teachers unions
- school board transparency
- curriculum
- political classrooms
- state standards
- activist education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Teacher Freedom Alliance, PragerU, NEA, Scholastic
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