For decades, parents have been passionate about what their children learn in school. In 1970s West Virginia they protested over diverse textbooks, in 2022 it’s the handling of the pandemic and issues of gender and race. In this episode, Audie talks to two parent activists turned elected school board officials about what motivated them to run for office and t ... Show More
Sep 2020
Raising an Antiracist Generation
School is back in session as protests and calls for racial justice continue across America. So how should parents and teachers talk to kids about this national reckoning? Don speaks with clinical psychologist and race relations expert, Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, about the right t ... Show More
31m 54s
Nov 2021
The School Board Wars, Part 2
<p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>In Bucks County, Pa., what started out as a group of frustrated parents pushing for schools to reopen devolved over the course of a year and half into partisan disputes about America’s most divisive cultural issues.</p><p>But ... Show More
42m 14s
Jan 2022
Amid Covid Surge, Students And Teachers Want To Be Heard
In Florida and Virginia, Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin are bolstering the right of parents to defy school mask mandates. While some parents are celebrating, others are filing lawsuits opposing the policies that make mask-wearing in schools optional.There are a lot of ... Show More
13m 57s
Jul 2021
Ep. 748 - It's Time To Put Cameras In Every Classroom
Today on the Matt Walsh Show, many parents are finally calling for greater transparency in the classroom, and more control over what sorts of things their children are taught. If that is the goal, and it should be, then why aren’t there cameras in every classroom in the country, ... Show More
1h 4m