The Power of School Choice with Corey DeAngelis

Truth with Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy

Business, News, Government

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode of The Vivek Show, Vivek is joined by Corey DeAngelis, a school choice evangelist and Senior Fellow at the American Federation for Children. As they delve into the purpose and current state of the K-12 education system, the duo discusses the influence of public employee unions, evidence for the failures of public schools, and the impactful role of private school choice competition. Corey cites compelling studies that highlight the positive outcomes of school competition and illuminates the power dynamics within teachers unions. Tune in for this crucial conversation on school choice, education reform, and the future of our educational institutions. -- Donate here: https://t.co/PE1rfuVBmb For more content follow me here: Twitter - @VivekGRamaswamy Instagram - @vivekgramaswamy Facebook - http://facebook.com/VivekGRamaswamy Truth Social - @VivekRamaswamy Rumble - @VivekRamaswamy -- Time-codes: 00:00:00 - Introduction to the topic of institutions' purpose, specifically the K-12 education system. 00:01:30 - Discussion on the role of public employee unions in the K-12 system. 00:03:00 - Introduction of guest, Corey DeAngelis, and discussion on failures of public schools and private school competition. 00:05:00 - Explanation of the benefits of private school choice competition for public schools. 00:06:53 - Corey cites studies showing positive effects of private and charter school competition. 00:07:40 - Analysis of a study finding public schools more likely to remain open due to nearby Catholic schools. 00:09:00 - Explanation of state-level school choice programs and public schools' funding. 00:11:30 - Discussion on teachers unions' power dynamics and school closures during the pandemic. 00:14:50 - Call for bottom-up accountability. 00:15:00 - Argument for abolishing public sector unions. 00:16:29 - Response to conservative critiques of school choice. 00:21:10 - Discussion on the rise of homeschooling and concerns about private schools' unionization. 00:28:19 - Explanation of how a voucher model can increase competition. 00:29:00 - Questioning the limitations on public schools and the potential of transparency and school choice. 00:31:00 - Debate on federalizing school choice and alternatives for funding allocation. 00:33:30 - Vivek's appreciation for Corey's data-driven analysis on school choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the challenges of our time is defining the purpose of an institution.
0:13.1	Why does a company exist?
0:15.4	That's a legitimate question to ask.
0:17.4	It's a question that not enough companies ask, in fact.
0:20.7	And I think it's the lack of a mission or a purpose of a say company that allows for
0:27.3	Orthogonal often poisonous agendas to fill that void if a company has a clearly defined mission to say that I'm a restaurant, I serve
0:34.6	food to my customers, I'm a drug company, I make medicines for patients who need them, it doesn't
0:39.6	leave a lot of room for dilution of focus to take on complex social or political agendas that are best
0:47.0	left to the political process. That's where I've spent the last phase of my career. But it's not just
0:50.9	true for companies. It's true for any institution. I think it's really true for individuals too.
0:56.0	That's a deeper spiritual discussion about what is my purpose and what do I hope to achieve in the short time I've been given on this earth, but we'll leave
1:04.0	philosophy for another day.
1:06.8	Back to even institutions other than companies.
1:08.8	The question is, why do they actually exist?
1:12.0	And one of the institutions in our modern American culture that I think has the easiest
1:17.7	answer, right, staring us in the face right in front of it that's lost its sense of that purpose is our
1:25.0	K through 12 education system. Our K through 12 education system exists for one
1:30.4	purpose to educate children in this country.
1:35.0	I know that doesn't sound like a radical idea, but it's treated as though it is a radical idea today,
1:40.0	because those schools today are operated as though their purpose were something else
1:44.5	to provide employment opportunities for teachers who are members of public employee unions.
1:50.1	Think about that in a public school context, what does that mean?
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