TBNS: More School Funding, Worse Results? | Here's Why

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🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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School choice is no longer just a policy debate; it's a reality. In this revealing interview, Andrew Clark from Yes Every Kid explains new federal changes, including tax credits for private school scholarships and expanded 529 accounts for K-12 tuition. This clip explores why current education spending, like $45K/kid in NYC, isn't working and what parents need to know for 2025. Discover how these policies impact the future of education.CHAPTER0:00 — What we do to kids is insane0:35 — $100,000 per kid and the results are getting worse1:00 — Your zip code shouldn't decide your kid's future2:08 — Who is Yes Every Kid?2:49 — Two NEW federal programs changing education4:42 — Changing envelopes: where the money actually goes5:02 — Why you should STILL be skeptical of subsidies6:11 — The sales lesson every parent needs to hear6:57 — $20K to $100K per student — the numbers don't lie9:10 — The reformers are separating9:42 — Freedom AND responsibility: the pottery parable11:55 — Activity breeds results13:00 — Benjamin Franklin didn't need a school board15:24 — Three questions every parent should ask16:30 — Everything you want is on the other side of hard17:49 — Share this with a parent who needs to hear it LINKS:Yes Every Kid — https://yeseverykid.comCardio Miracle (Sponsor) — https://www.caardiordiomiracBrian on X — https://x.com/BNicholsLibertyBrian on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLibertyThe Brian Nichols Show — https://www.briannicholsshow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, that's where the world, the real world, if you will, the world that we all live in is going through Moore's Law, right?
0:06.5	Like technology is doubling year after year. It's just accelerating at this rapid pace faster than most people can even talk about it, much less adapt to it.
0:15.0	And education is still very much struggling to innovate anywhere near that spectrum. And so what we do to kids is kind of insane.
0:23.5	We put them in this rigorous, you know, read this, regurgitate it and take a test on it until
0:29.3	you're 18.
0:30.5	And then at 18, we're going to drop you out in the real world and I hope you can find
0:33.3	the job in an apartment.
0:34.5	I wish you well.
0:36.1	$100,000.
0:37.8	That's what some school districts
0:39.2	in New York are spending per
0:41.2	kid per year.
0:43.1	And the results? Well, worse than
0:45.1	countries spending half of that.
0:47.2	So, where's all that money going?
0:49.4	And more importantly, why don't parents
0:51.4	get to decide? That's what we're
0:53.3	getting into today.
1:03.2	All right, folks, welcome back to the Brian Nichols show. So here's the thing. For literally generations, your zip code determined your kids' education. You live here. You went to this
1:08.4	school. End of story. No options. No marketplace. No competition.
1:13.6	And what did that get us? Well, a system that spends more per kid than almost any country on the
1:20.1	planet and delivers results that would get any business fired by its customers in about six months.
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