u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003e u003cpu003eBrightbeam CEO Chris Stewart chats with Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union on how a group of conservative parents recently got the Department of Education to disband a parent council. Learn more about the controversy u003ca href=u0022https://www.the74million.org/article/targeted-by-lawsuit-ed-dept-abruptly-scraps-parent-council/u0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003ehereu003c/au003e.u003c/pu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003ch4u003eEpisode Notes:u003c/h4u003e u003cdivu003e u003cpu003eu003cstrongu003e(3:00-9:00)u003c/strongu003eu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003ehow the parent council was started and why Miguel Cardona folded under the pressure of a lawsuit from conservative parentsu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cstrongu003e(10:00 – 17:50)u003c/strongu003eu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eKeri and Chris express disappointment in President Biden and Secretary Cardona for failing parents on the ground, the cost of that failure…and what Trump would have done.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cstrongu003e(18:00- 30:00)u003c/strongu003eu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eu0026nbsp;the intersection of power, interests, elections and where that puts parents and families.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cstrongu003e(30:00-45:00)u003c/strongu003eu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003ewhat’s going right and wrong in schools with student achievementu0026nbsp;u003c/pu003e u003chru003eu003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003eu003cstrongu003eShow Contributors:u003c/strongu003eu003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003cdivu003eKeri Rodriguesu003c/divu003e u003cdivu003eChris Stewartu003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e u003c/divu003e
E4: Why the Education Department Scrapped a Parent Council
