027 You're Not the Boss of Me...or Are You? Parent Power's influence in the classroom.

<p>&nbsp;Happy 2022! Let's hope this year makes up for the last two! It's always good to be hopeful. And on that note, I hope public education survives. Last year brought educators and their curriculum under the microscope in a way I don't remember ever seeing. Much of the hullabaloo seems to come from the usual media rabble-rousers and pot-stirrers. Today's episode delves into our side of this twisted narrative. Listen and see where you land.</p> <p>For years, some politicians have claimed to be "education candidates." Their platforms promise money and better school facilities. But these good intentions go to the bottom of the "to-do list" once the ballots are counted and their campaign coffers are filled. Today, these "education-loving" candidates are promising a different kind of help to schools and it's getting them elected. Now officials win by going after the evil wizards of indoctrination, TEACHERS, and their textbooks of evil spells! They rally their pitchfork and torch-carrying followers with cries of "<a href="https://anchor.fm/transparencyinteaching/episodes/025-When-Did-Public-Schools-become-Public-Enemy-1-e15u0e0">No CRT!" and "Don't hurt my child's feelings!"</a> Frenzied crowds storm school board rooms and drown out meetings with cries of "Foul!" and various other four-lettered words. If this were a movie, it might be akin to <em>Frankenstein's Monster</em> or <em>The Purge</em>.</p> <p>This whole thing plays like <em>Twilight Zone's</em> "Monsters on Maple Street". The main characters hear rumors of something evil that has come to live in their neighborhood. They spread the news, and like the telephone game, it gets bigger and more distorted as it gets passed along. Before you know it, everyone believes it's true. And when they finally beat down the door and blow up the house, they find they were wrong all along. However, the damage is done. The city is burning and innocent people have been disposed of.&nbsp;</p> <p>Today we talk about this scary movie, only the movie is really taking place in our