education

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #246: A Crisis in Our Classrooms with Armstrong Williams, Part 1
This month, three African American writers/activists with widely different political views published a book together entitled Crisis in the Classroom (Skyhorse Publishing). Despite their many differences, the authors teamed up…
by Michael Watson, Scott Walter on November 29, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #236: The PragerU Action Guide
These days, amid debates over critical race theory and radical gender theory in school curriculums as early as elementary school, parents might be wondering what alternative resources might be available…
by Michael Watson on September 23, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #234: Education Exodus
Today’s guest is not the only person to have left California for Florida in the past few years. Kali Fontanilla left her teaching job in Monterey County after her school…
by Michael Watson on September 2, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Force of Nature Author Gisèle Huff (Part 1 of 2)
Holocaust survivor and philanthropy professional Gisèle Huff discusses her memoir "Force of Nature: The Remarkable True Story of One Holocaust Survivor’s Resilience, Tenacity, and Purpose" as well as her experiences…
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on August 23, 2022

Philanthropy
A conversation with Force of Nature author Gisèle Huff (Part 2 of 2)
Holocaust survivor and philanthropy professional Gisèle Huff discusses her memoir "Force of Nature: The Remarkable True Story of One Holocaust Survivor’s Resilience, Tenacity, and Purpose" as well as her experiences…
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on August 23, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #229: Agency with Ian Rowe
We’ve heard a great deal lately about education in America, from discussions about school choice post-COVID restrictions to whether curriculum is being developed that helps children learn to succeed at…
by Sarah Lee on August 2, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #222: The Chalkboard Review
After teachers unions staked their political positions and the future of public education on keeping schools closed—excuse me, open for virtual learning—and students in masks, a “parents revolt” has erupted…
by Michael Watson on June 10, 2022

Featured Items
Who’s Driving Wokeness in Schools? The Story of NAIS and The Undercover Mothers
If you thought your children were safe from the Left’s culture war in a private school, think again. Across America, a pandemic of “woke” ideology is quietly spreading through privately…
by CRC Staff on May 9, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #210: Race to the Bottom
Two years ago this week, the federal government announced “two weeks to slow the spread” — a campaign of lockdowns and closures that would metastasize into ongoing restrictions on civil…
by Michael Watson on March 18, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #202: Virginia’s Education Deep State
Elections have consequences, as the country learned last year when the Biden administration took office and as Virginians are learning now that Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has taken office…
by Michael Watson on January 21, 2022