The Heidi St. John Podcast Taking Back Education: A Conversation with Rebecca Friedrichs
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Sep 8, 2025 In this discussion, Rebecca Friedrichs, a former public school teacher and education activist, dives deep into the challenges facing education today. She argues that parents have a God-given mandate to educate their children and critiques how teacher unions undermine this role. Friedrichs highlights the damaging shift away from phonics, the issue of explicit content in school curriculums, and the dangers of school board associations ignoring parental concerns. She encourages proactive community engagement to reclaim educational integrity.
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Parents Are Meant To Be Primary Educators
- Rebecca Friedrichs argues parents are biblically mandated and fully capable to educate their children.
- She says culture and unions have propagated lies that parents lack the expertise to teach.
Start Homeschooling Even If You Feel Unqualified
- Do not accept the claim you can't homeschool because you 'aren't smart enough.'
- Learn alongside your child and use modern resources; phonics programs can be learned together.
Centralized School Systems Were Designed For Control
- Friedrichs says the Department of Education and centralized systems were promoted by unions to gain control.
- She argues the Prussian model was adopted to produce obedient workers, not critical thinkers.
