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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Who’s Afraid of School Choice, and Why?

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Public schools are failing our children.  Why shouldn’t parents be able to chose the best education options for their kids?  Robert Enlow, CEO of EdChoice, joins Michele.

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0:00.0

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0:31.7

Coming up today, school choice is a big topic with me. I'm the daughter of a public school teacher.

0:38.2

She is now 91 years old.

0:40.5

She taught for well over 30 years, Spanish and math in high school and junior high.

0:46.1

And she is so sad about what she sees in public schools today, as am I.

0:52.4

And maybe even sadder is this idea that parents don't know enough

0:57.8

to know what their kids should or should not be taught at certain ages. That's kind of insulting.

1:04.8

And we've seen a movement, a wave across this country of people looking for school choice,

1:10.5

looking for other options,

1:11.9

moving schools, going out of the public school system, and also saying, hey, why can't I take

1:17.1

those tax dollars that are allocated for my kid and spend it the way I think is right for my

1:22.9

child? Robert Enloe is the CEO of Ed Choice, which is a very old organization that has such great modern views on school choice.

1:35.3

And he and I have developed a friendship because we have a lot of the same values.

1:40.3

We believe you should have the choice of where to send your school.

1:43.3

You should not be forced to send your kid to a public school, a government school that you don't approve of simply because you live in a certain zip code.

1:53.2

There's a lot going on in school choice.

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