LANSING, January 18, 2022 ~ The Michigan Democratic Party is facing scrutiny over a Facebook post that diminished the role of parents in public education.The post stated that public schools should teach their children, “what society needs them to know,” and that the “client of the public school is not the parent.” The post has since been deleted from the Michigan Democratic Party’s page.760 WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne talks to 760 WJR‘s Paul W. Smith about the controversy, plus Kevin Dietz and Tom Jordan get perspective from The Mackinac Center’s Jarrett Skorup.
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January 18, 2022 ~ The Mackinac Center‘s Jarrett Skorup talks with Kevin and Tom about the Michigan Democratic Party’s Facebook post about public schools.
January 18, 2022 ~ WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne talks to Paul W. about a tweet from the Michigan Democratic Party that is coming under heavy criticism questioning parents’ role in education.
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