Who Is Really Fighting For America’s Children?

Who Is Really Fighting For America’s Children?

From The Amber May Show by Amber May

June 11, 2026 · 2h 4m · Episode 776

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and initiatives surrounding education and child welfare in America.

Today on The Amber May Show, we are putting children at the center of the conversation. Parents across Arizona are fighting to protect school choice through the ESA program. For many families, ESA means freedom. It gives parents the ability to choose the education that works best for their child, whether that is private school, homeschool, tutoring, therapy, curriculum, or online learning. At the same time, the public school system keeps asking for more money while too many children are falling behind. College students are reportedly losing the ability to read long books. San Francisco schools spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ethnic studies consultants while student test scores stayed low. Teachers unions are being accused of pushing left-wing political goals through pension pressure, activist curriculum, and classroom influence that can begin as early as kindergarten. We will also look at Oregon, where a grant program is under fire for allegedly using race-based funding rules that leave some schools out because of student demographics. But this show is not only about what is going wrong. We will also talk about what happens when leaders put children first. Melania Trump…

People in this episode

Host: Amber May

Topics covered

  • education
  • school choice
  • child welfare
  • political influence
  • funding issues

Keywords

  • school choice
  • ESA program
  • child trafficking
  • education funding
  • teachers unions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Francisco schools, Oregon, ESA program, teachers unions

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