Hear the truth from seasoned educators.

We know that public education matters—and that real change means strengthening, not dismantling, our schools. Together, we’re fighting for a system that truly serves students, teachers, and communities.

Please explore our themes below to unwrap the problems in our current education system today.

The Podcast Themes

An Introduction to the Mess

The Teacher Pay Mess

The Teacher Preparation Mess

The K-12 Governance Mess

The Canned Curriculum Mess

The Reading Instruction Mess

The Climate and Culture Mess

The Special Education Mess

The DEI Mess

The Teacher Health Mess

The Teacher Autonomy Mess

Cleaning Up the Mess

Cleaning Up the Mess:

The Solution Framework

In this theme, we discuss our solution framework, which requires an act of congress, but will ensure that our nation’s children receive a high quality eduation.

Please sign and share our petition to the K-12 Education subcommittee in congress to save public schooling and our precious and fragile democracy!