It’s Time School Boards Be Held Accountable for Actions, Parent Says

The Daily Signal

Politics, Government, Daily News, News

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

All parents want their children to receive a good education and in Fort Worth, Texas, John Pritchett is working hard to ensure that desire becomes a reality. Pritchett has helped organize the Focus on Students PAC, a group of parents who are working to bring more accountability to their local school board. Pritchett joins the podcast to discuss the PAC’s work to ensure school board members are qualified to hold office, and to push back against the far left policies the school board is promoting. We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a school curriculum called “Why America is Free,” which promotes American values and historical truth. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, February 16th.
0:09.2	I'm Robert Louie.
0:10.5	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:12.2	On today's show, Rob talks with John Pritchett.
0:15.4	He helped organize the Focus on Students Pack in Fort Worth, Texas, a group of parents
0:21.0	who are attempting to bring more accountability to their local school district by demanding
0:26.1	a better education for their children.
0:29.1	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a school curriculum
0:33.7	called Why America Is Free, which promotes American values and historical truth.
0:39.3	Before we get today's show, we want to tell you about the most popular resource on the
0:43.9	Heritage Foundation website, the Guide to the Constitution.
0:48.2	More than 100 scholars have contributed to create a unique line-by-line analysis of our
0:52.9	U.S. Constitution.
0:54.3	The guide is intended to provide you with a brief and accurate explanation of each clause
0:58.6	of the Constitution as envisioned by the framers and as implied in contemporary law.
1:03.9	There has never been a more important time to have an understanding of our founding document.
1:09.3	So if you want to learn more about the Constitution, go ahead and visit heritage.org slash constitution
1:16.0	or simply search for Heritage Guide to the Constitution.
1:19.7	Now stay tuned for today's show coming up next.
1:29.2	We are joined in the daily signal podcast today by John Pritchett.
1:32.4	He's a longtime political consultant in Texas and a parent who co-founded a group called
1:37.3	Focus on Students Pack.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Signal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Signal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.