You. Congratulations on the book hostages no more the fight for education freedom and the future of the american child. Lets start with the title of the book. How did you come up with the name hostages no more. Well first job great to be with you as well. Thanks. Thanks for doing this and the title is a provocative one and its meant to be has to just know more is a direct reference to a quote made by horace mann commonly considered the father of our Education System about 175 years ago. He said that educators are entitled to look upon parents as having given hostages to our cause and i think the last two years have really given families across the country a frontrow seat into how many ways their children really have been held hostage to a system that for too many of them is simply not working. And so this is a book about what we do to fix American Education and and that is thats the reason for the title and the subtitle about American Education freedom, which im sure were going to talk
175 years ago. He said that educators are entitled to look upon parents as having given hostages to our cause and i think the last two years have really given families across the country a frontrow seat into how many ways their children really have been held hostage to a system that for too many of them is simply not working. And so this is a book about what we do to fix American Education and and that is thats the reason for the title and the subtitle about American Education freedom, which im sure were going to talk about. Absolutely. We definitely going to talk about it, but before that, you talk about your childhood in holland, michigan. Tell us about growing up in holland. About your family. Were you inspired by a mentor or teachers that got you on your on your lifes journey . Sure, so i was born and raised in holland, michigan both my parents are, you know children of immigrant families from the netherlands and started out with virtually nothing my parents mortgaged everything wh
You. Congratulations on the book hostages no more the fight for education freedom and the future of the american child. Lets start with the title of the book. How did you come up with the name hostages no more. Well first job great to be with you as well. Thanks. Thanks for doing this and the title is a provocative one and its meant to be has to just know more is a direct reference to a quote made by horace mann commonly considered the father of our Education System about 175 years ago. He said that educators are entitled to look upon parents as having given hostages to our cause and i think the last two years have really given families across the country a frontrow seat into how many ways their children really have been held hostage to a system that for too many of them is simply not working. And so this is a book about what we do to fix American Education and and that is thats the reason for the title and the subtitle about American Education freedom, which im sure were going to talk
You. Congratulations on the book hostages no more the fight for education freedom and the future of the american child. Lets start with the title of the book. How did you come up with the name hostages no more. Well first job great to be with you as well. Thanks. Thanks for doing this and the title is a provocative one and its meant to be has to just know more is a direct reference to a quote made by horace mann commonly considered the father of our Education System about 175 years ago. He said that educators are entitled to look upon parents as having given hostages to our cause and i think the last two years have really given families across the country a frontrow seat into how many ways their children really have been held hostage to a system that for too many of them is simply not working. And so this is a book about what we do to fix American Education and and that is thats the reason for the title and the subtitle about American Education freedom, which im sure were going to talk
He said that educators are entitled to look upon parents as having given hostages to our cause and i think the last two years have really given families across the country a frontrow seat into how many ways their children really have been held hostage to a system that for too many of them is simply not working. And so this is a book about what we do to fix American Education and and that is thats the reason for the title and the subtitle about American Education freedom, which im sure were going to talk about. Absolutely. We definitely going to talk about it, but before that, you talk about your childhood in holland, michigan. Tell us about growing up in holland. About your family. Were you inspired by a mentor or teachers that got you on your on your lifes journey . Sure, so i was born and raised in holland, michigan both my parents are, you know children of immigrant families from the netherlands and started out with virtually nothing my parents mortgaged everything when i was just a