America’s Kids Are Falling Behind: A Way Out For Teachers & Parents | Dr. Hutz Hertzberg
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
4.8 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Dr. Hutz Hertzberg, Chief Education Officer at Turning Point Education, joins us to discuss faith, leadership, education, and culture. With decades of experience spanning higher education, ministry, and service as a U.S. Navy Reserve chaplain, Hutz shares insights from leading top-ranked Christian schools, mentoring the next generation, and navigating today’s cultural challenges through a biblical worldview.
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| 0:00.0 | Parents across America have this feeling right now that something is deeply off in education. |
| 0:26.8 | Kids can't read. |
| 0:28.0 | Teachers are burning out. |
| 0:29.3 | Boys are falling behind. |
| 0:30.7 | AI is changing how students learn and more families than ever questioning what schools are actually teaching, if anything. |
| 0:37.2 | So today, |
| 0:38.1 | we're talking about all of it with Dr. Hutz-Herzberg, chief education officer for Turning |
| 0:42.5 | Point Education. He spent decades leading schools, universities, churches, and educational organizations, |
| 0:48.5 | and now he's helping lead a national conversation around faith, courage, and the future of |
| 0:52.6 | education in America. You might remember him back in September of 2025. |
| 0:57.5 | We interviewed him all about Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:59.5 | Watch this bonus episode on the real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. |
| 1:04.0 | Leave us a five-star review to support the show. |
| 1:05.8 | Please welcome Dr. Hudson-Hertsburg, Chief Education Officer for Turning Point Education to Culture Apothecary. |
| 1:14.5 | Why can't kids read anymore? Not only can't they not read, they can't do math either. It's the |
| 1:20.5 | lowest it's been in many, many years, certainly since COVID, but even going back before COVID. |
| 1:25.0 | You know, there's different theories and answer your question. I mean, some say that this is the most distracted generation because of all of the technology that they |
| 1:32.6 | have available. Some would just say it's just poor teaching. The education is just so bad. And we know |
| 1:38.7 | that's the case, Alex, in the government schools, that the education is so bad. So I think that's a factor. |
| 1:44.8 | I think it's been so dumb down. |
| 1:47.3 | But so I would say it's not any one factor. |
| 1:49.6 | It's a combination of all of that. |
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