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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Big, Beautiful, School Choice!

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

School choice is gaining momentum across the United States.  No, school choice is not anti-public school, nor is it anti-teacher.  It definitely IS pro-parent and pro-student. Tommy Schultz, the CEO of the American Federation for Children, joins Michele to explain where school choice is available and how parents can have more control over their kids’ education.

Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter.

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0:00.0

You can show up drunk on the job at least three times and then you will be reprimanded, right?

0:04.0

It's all these insane things that you would not believe.

0:06.7

But again, it goes back to power and control and money that if you can never fire a bad teacher,

0:12.0

their money gets, you know, basically taken out of the paychecks into the union coffers in perpetuity.

0:22.6

School choice. It's the topic. Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, listen up.

0:29.7

You're going to want to hear all of this because there's really some good news.

0:32.8

There's still some stuff to learn. But before we get going, please hit the subscribe button. Just click it right there

0:38.9

on your screen. It doesn't cost you anything. It just makes sure that you never miss an episode.

0:44.0

One thing I'm really proud of on this podcast is we interview people maybe you've never heard of

0:48.2

who have some of the most fascinating, interesting, or pithy details to share. So this is one of those. Tommy Schultz at Tommy underscore

0:57.5

USA on X. He is the CEO of the American Federation for Children. This is a new organization

1:04.0

that is fighting for school choice. They just had a massive victory in Texas. Florida is a big

1:09.1

school choice state. And there are reasons. Now, I know people

1:13.4

think that school choice is this nefarious way of getting money to rich families so they can afford

1:18.9

to send their kid to private school. That is, that is categorically false. It is categorically

1:24.8

false. What we care about is all kids having access to the school that will serve them best.

1:32.7

Maybe it is a public school, but maybe it's a private school, a charter school, a pod.

1:36.5

Who knows?

1:37.6

The parents know.

1:38.5

And so parental controls and parental rights and education is so, so important.

1:43.7

Stay tuned. Listen to Tommy Schultz.

1:45.4

If he doesn't convince you, I don't know who will. He is next. Stick around.

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