Episódios

  • Schoolhouse Power: The Push for Christian Nationalist Curriculum in Public Schools
    Dec 11 2025

    In this episode, Kristi and Christina discuss the Christian nationalist curriculum pipeline: how a network of ideological organizations, private colleges, political operatives, and media influencers are working to reshape what kids learn in public schools. The episode explores why this movement exists, how it is spreading, and how it has rapidly become a multi-million-dollar influence industry targeting school boards and state departments of education nationwide.

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    45 minutos
  • Dropping Some Knowledge: Who Is Behind the Chaos Emerging in Public Schools?
    Dec 3 2025

    In this episode, Kristi and Christina jump into the first of a series of podcast episodes exploring the forty year plus plan to defund, delegitimize, and, ultimately, privatize public education. This episode is a 101 for those wanting to understand where the chaos started and how got to the now national attack on public education.

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    45 minutos
  • When They Come for the Department of Education
    Nov 26 2025

    In this episode, Kristi and Christina discuss the Trump (err) Project 2025 agenda and how its calls to eliminate the Department of Education are happening in function, if not in form.

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    51 minutos
  • It All Started with Threats at a School Board Meeting
    Nov 21 2025

    Head of the Class is back! In this episode, Kristi and Christina reintroduce Our Schools USA and their "origin" story since it has been a beat. If you can relate, this podcast is for you! If this is all new, join Kristi and Christina every week in learning more about the fight for public education. And, of course, for spicy commentary.

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    52 minutos
  • Let's Put a Freeze on All Things Trump White House
    Jan 30 2025

    It has not even been a week since the last podcast, but when the firehose of Executive Orders is at full blast, we got to keep up. In this episode, Kristi and Christina discuss the funding freeze fiasco, the Executive Orders impacting public education, RFK Jr.'s dangerous nomination, the state voucher pushes in Tennessee and Texas, and how none is this is making America great at all.

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    55 minutos
  • We Don't Know That We'll Be Safe and Sound
    Jan 24 2025

    This past week was a blur of executive orders and agency actions emerging from the Trump Administration. While some of these actions may have been under your radar, these actions will have deep impacts on the safety of public schools. In this episode, Kristi and Christina discuss school safety, covering how everything from the U.S. leaving the World Health Organization to cybersecurity changes will make our public schools less safe for public school families.

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    55 minutos
  • Trump II: The Orange Tyranny
    Jan 17 2025

    Come Monday, we are in the second Trump Administration (we are calling it "T2A"). What happens Day 1? What can Trump do unilaterally through Executive Orders? Who will be told "You're Fired?" How will Trump's moves immediately impact public education in America? Kristi and Christina dive into these questions and more. All they know is that it's going to be very unpredictable.

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    55 minutos
  • The University We Won't Be Applying To: Moms for Liberty University
    Jan 16 2025

    Low and behold, the group behind the chaos that has enveloped public schools and that has rejected expertise and education has launched its own university How fitting. In this episode, Kristi and Christina introduce listeners to M4LU. Not to bury the lede, but they did fail the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) "Quiz" provided by M4LU to parents.

    Visit us at ourschoolsusa.org or on Instagram (@ourschoolsusa).

    Support Our Schools USA. Text OURSCHOOLSUSA at (855) 575-7888 or visit ourschoolsusa.org/donate to donate today.

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    47 minutos