Back to School Politics
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 β’ 1.5K Ratings
ποΈ 7 September 2023
β±οΈ 15 minutes
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Summary
Listeners call in to share what they think is the role of politics in their children's educations.ββββ
@BrianLehrer On a national level, Iβd like to see universal free lunch. Aside from any education standard, children need to be fed to succeed
β Ellen LaVeyra (@elaveyra) September 7, 2023@BrianLehrer Just in response to the last call -- Teach for America produces some amazing teachers -- I know some personally. But the resources are simply not there in the schools. It's downright criminal.
β Whit Frazier (@whitfrazier) September 7, 2023Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Lair on WNYC. |
| 0:11.3 | Now a first week of school national politics call in. |
| 0:15.5 | As the 2024 election cycle ramps up here in September 2023, what's most important to |
| 0:21.8 | you from the government in terms of education policy? |
| 0:25.4 | 2-1-2-4-3-3-WNYC. |
| 0:28.8 | I asked this today because school has been starting this week in many districts across |
| 0:33.7 | the country, of course. |
| 0:35.3 | So there are many stories about the particulars of that. |
| 0:38.6 | And there is already a lot of news about Democrats and Republicans gearing up for the campaigns |
| 0:43.5 | for the presidency and control of Congress next year. |
| 0:47.5 | Republicans are in their presidential primaries season, as you know. |
| 0:50.6 | And lots of other 2024 politics are already happening behind the scenes too. |
| 0:54.9 | How do these connect? |
| 0:56.2 | Well education policy is going to be one of the flashpoint issue areas in 2024. |
| 1:01.8 | So we ask, what's most important to you from the government in terms of education policy? |
| 1:08.5 | 2-1-2-4-3-3-9-6-9-2? |
| 1:13.2 | And I don't even want to get too prescriptive on what aspects of education policy you |
| 1:17.7 | should call about because I think even the types of education issues that each party should |
| 1:22.5 | put in play or do put in play reflect people's needs, or let me put that differently, whether |
| 1:32.1 | the types of education issues that each party puts into play reflects people's real educational |
| 1:38.6 | needs is a question and a point of contention. |
| 1:42.6 | So you tell me, you tell your fellow listeners, you tell the politicians and strategists who |
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